Moscow/Lugansk, July 7: Russia has claimed that Ukrainian attacks over the past week resulted in the deaths of 38 civilians, including a child, while 270 others were injured, according to Rodion Miroshnik, Russia’s Ambassador-at-Large at the Foreign Ministry.
Speaking to Russian state news agency TASS, Miroshnik said that a total of 308 civilians were affected during the reporting period. He stated that the highest number of civilian casualties was recorded in the Belgorod, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
According to the Russian official, drone strikes accounted for approximately 95 percent of all reported civilian casualties during the week. He further alleged that Ukrainian forces targeted civilian infrastructure, including healthcare facilities and emergency medical services.
Miroshnik claimed that three ambulance workers were injured after a drone struck their vehicle in Gorlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. He also said that three medical personnel were wounded in a similar incident in Russia-controlled parts of the Zaporozhye region, while a rural health clinic in the village of Semyonovka in the Kherson region sustained damage during the attacks.
The Russian diplomat additionally alleged that Ukrainian forces used drones to deploy explosive devices. According to his statement, a 17-year-old was injured in Pervomaisk after an explosive device detonated. In another incident, six people, including four local officials, were reportedly injured following a mine explosion near the administration building in the town of Rylsk in Russia’s Kursk region. A tractor driver was also said to have been injured after his vehicle struck a mine in a field near the village of Olgovka.
Miroshnik further claimed that Ukraine launched nearly 5,000 projectiles at Russian territory over the past week.
The claims have been made by Russian authorities and could not be independently verified. Ukrainian officials have not immediately responded to these allegations.