ALBAWABA - After a Ukrainian missile strike on the seized Crimean Peninsula on Sunday left five people dead and almost a hundred wounded, Russia blamed the US for the attack. The strike made use of "ATACMS" missiles that Washington had supplied to Kiev.
"The responsibility for the intentional missile strike on civilians in Sevastopol lies primarily with Washington, which provided Ukraine with these weapons," the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Kyiv authorities said in a statement. And a warning was issued by the ministry: "Such actions will not go unpunished."
The Russian military claims that four of the five "ATACMS" missiles launched by Ukrainian troops were "intercepted."
The missile activities were "managed by American specialists using data from U.S. satellite intelligence," the ministry said to support its accusations.
Washington acknowledged in April that it had sent "ATACMS" missiles to Ukraine in response to Kyiv's repeated demands for the capacity to strike far-off targets from the front lines.
Neither the US nor Ukraine have reacted to the Sevastopol assault as of yet.
According to Moscow-appointed Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev, a ballistic missile strike on Sunday in the city of Sevastopol, situated in the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula occupied by Russia, resulted in five fatalities, including three children, and around one hundred wounded.
Five more children were reportedly sent to critical care, according to a video that Razvozhayev uploaded on his Telegram channel.
He said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has "sent his condolences" to the victims' families.
The Ukrainian military "struck Sevastopol in broad daylight with ballistic missiles carrying cluster munitions," according to Razvozhayev, who also stated that "debris from the intercepted missiles fell on coastal areas."
