Statement of H.E. Mr Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( August 2, 2026)
Over the past week, Ukrainian militants killed 49 civilians, including four children.
Nearly 400 civilians were affected in total.
The Kyiv regime has carried out a series of coordinated attacks on civilian facilities, energy infrastructure and logistics hubs serving the population, causing casualties and extensive destruction.
Terrorist attacks on civilian buses have become increasingly widespread.
Over the past two months, Ukrainian drones have attacked 34 passenger buses across various Russian regions.
The highest number of civilian casualties was recorded in the Belgorod Region, the DPR, the LPR, and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
Ukrainian militants deliberately targeted densely populated areas, seeking to inflict maximum damage.
Between July 27 and August 2, 391 civilians were affected by Ukrainian Nazi shelling: 342 were injured, including 16 minors, and 49 were killed, including four children.
Over the seven days, Ukrainian militants fired at least 6,974 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.
A statement issued by Mr Miroshnik on July 30 said for the first time since the beginning of the year, the total number of civilian casualties approached 500 in a single week.
Kyiv's "terrorist war" is now claiming an average of 70 civilian casualties every day.
Ukrainian armed groups carried out a series of deliberate, coordinated attacks on civilian facilities, energy infrastructure and logistics hubs, causing civilian casualties and extensive destruction.
On July 20-26, Ukrainian neo-Nazi shelling resulted in 492 civilian casualties: 435 people were injured, including 14 minors, while 57 people were killed, including 7 children.
Ukrainian militants also fired at least 7,195 munitions at civilian targets on Russian territory.
In the Kremennaya Municipal District of the Lugansk People's Republic, Ukrainian UAVs are scattering anti-personnel mines - so-called new petals" (or butterfly mines) -- at civilian sites.
According to residents and authorities, Ukrainian forces have begun actively using these new anti-personnel mines for the remote mining of civilian facilities across the LPR. They have been found at sites regularly visited by residents.
The mines consist of a plastic container filled with explosives and fitted with a pressure- activated fuse.
Their detonation can result in severe injuries, traumatic limb amputation or death from blood loss or shock.
Last year, Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines.
The Kyiv regime is now using anti-personnel mines and explosive devices on a massive scale to mine civilian facilities.
Reports of civilians being injured or killed by Ukrainian mines emerge every week.
Such actions constitute a serious war crime.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, regarding increased terrorist activities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ( July 31, 2026)
The Kyiv regime has increased its terrorist attacks on civilians within Russia.
From July 24 to 31, at least 61 people have been killed and another 327 wounded in Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks.
There are children among those victims: one child was killed and 13 injured.
A shocking Ukrainian crime was the drone attack on a regular bus on the Lugansk- Svetlodarsk motorway on July 29, in which 10 people - seven women and three men - were wounded.
A drone attack on a car in the Lugansk People's Republic killed a monk, assistant priest of the Church of the Holy Mandylion in the Cheremenetsky St John the Theologian Monastery, Gatchina Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, and wounded the priest of that church.
It attacked not only public and private transport but also apartment buildings and private houses, social support and educational facilities, seriously damaging a school, a kindergarten, a culture centre, food stores, agricultural and commercial facilities, and utility vehicles.
Terrorist attacks on those who never held a weapon are a tried and tested tactic of Russia's enemies, who have never throughout history been able to weaken, let alone defeat our country on the battlefield and are frantically searching for the means and methods of destabilising the socio-political situation.
The destructive contribution of the countries involved in attacks on Russian regions does not remain unnoticed and is carefully registered.
There is no doubt whatsoever that those involved in the aforementioned attacks will be called to account after the inevitable collapse of their Ukrainian minions.
They must know already today that this playing with fire is further destabilising the international political situation and undermining the prospects for peace and security on our continent.
We urge them to immediately condemn the Ukrainian neo-Nazis' barbarian attacks on civilians in Russia and distance themselves from the military and political support of the criminal Kyiv regime.
Russia will continue vigorous efforts to protect its citizens and the security of our state, using all available means precisely and effectively. We have all the necessary resources, political will, and public mandate for this.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova's statement on UAV attacks against vessels in the Black Sea (July 30, 2026)
On the night of July 30, Kiev regime once again carried out terrorist acts against oil tankers near the marine terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (#CPC) in Novorossiysk.
According to the CPC press service, targeted strikes were launched against foreign-flagged vessels with international crews, chartered by foreign suppliers.
The shippers include Tengizchevroil, a company partly owned by the US-based Chevron and involved in energy supplies from Kazakhstan.
The resulting fires were extinguished, and no oil spill occurred.
However, the CPC was once again forced to suspend oil loading operations.
In his public remarks and contacts with foreign partners, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has repeatedly drawn attention to the terrorist nature of the Kyiv regime and the deliberate threats it poses to international energy infrastructure.
The leader of the faltering Kyiv regime lost any semblance of legitimacy long ago. He is utterly incapable of honouring agreements and is seeking to drag as many countries as possible into his terrorist ventures, thereby further escalating the conflict.
We expect the US authorities, which influence Kyiv, to finally give an adequate assessment of Zelensky's hypocritical conduct and rein him in.
We expect the same from the UN and other international organisations.
Otherwise, their silence will amount to encouraging the Kyiv regime to commit further atrocities and effectively aiding it.
