The diplomatic mission stressed that nationalist formations are using Western-supplied weapons to destroy the cities of Donbass and deliver targeted strikes on residential areas of Donetsk using 155 mm NATO shells.
“Every day, in various districts of the capital of the DPR, where there are no Russian military personnel even close, civilians are dying.
The other day, while walking right in front of her house, a ten-year-old girl, Veronika Badina, died ... By its actions, Washington does not bring peace closer, but, on the contrary, pushes the Ukrainian authorities to new bloody crimes, ”the diplomats said in a statement.
The embassy recalled that over 150 children were killed in Donbass during eight years from the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
U.S. President Joe Biden previously ordered additional military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $400 million.
On July 5, the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk came under fire from the Ukrainian army.
A ten-year-old girl died.
The Russian Investigative Committee added that investigators will identify the Ukrainian military involved in the shelling of Donetsk, which killed a child.
On July 6, two more children died from injuries received during the shelling of the UAF of Makeevka.