Liudmyla Zhernovska00:18, 28.04.25

Putin continues to lie.

Russia said that during the massive shelling of Kyiv , which killed at least 12 people and injured about 90, an attack was made on “an absolutely non-civilian object.”

CBS News journalist  Margaret Brennan asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov why they were killing civilians when Ukraine had declared its readiness for a ceasefire. In response, he lied again, saying that the Russian army was only striking military targets or “civilian facilities used by the military”:

“President Putin has said this many times, and it has not changed this time. We never deliberately strike civilian targets, unlike the Zelensky regime.”

When the host clarified that it was not a “mistake” but a deliberate attack, Lavrov said that the Russian invaders “have the right” to strike targets used by the Ukrainian military.

Brennan then asked whether his words were a rejection of the call of the President of the United States of America to stop the strikes on Ukraine, or whether he meant that the killing of civilians “was worth” the strike. In response, the Russian minister stated that the target of the attack “was not something completely civilian”:

– Will Russia continue to attack Kyiv despite President Trump’s words: “Vladimir, stop”?

– You are not listening to me. We will continue to strike at facilities used by the Ukrainian military, some mercenaries from other countries, and instructors officially sent by the Europeans to help strike at Russian civilian targets. 

(C)UNIAN 2025