Zakharova: Ukrainian armed forces are deliberately attacking scheduled buses with drones

Official spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated that Ukrainian military forces are deliberately striking scheduled and passenger buses with drones.

The corresponding comment was published on the website of the Russian foreign policy ministry.

According to Zakharova, such actions are aimed at increasing pressure on the civilian population and civilian infrastructure of Russia. The diplomat also expressed the view that Kyiv is seeking in this way to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Western weapons being supplied and to secure further increases in military aid, placing part of the responsibility on the states supporting Ukraine.

Zakharova cited Russian figures on civilian casualties over the past week: according to her, 308 people were injured as a result of Ukrainian armed forces attacks. Of these, 38 were killed, including one child, and a further 270 were wounded, among them eight children.

Earlier, a Ukrainian drone attacked a bus on the Nikolskoye–Tavrovo highway in Belgorod Oblast.