“Washington unsubstantiatedly holds us responsible for mining the territory of the republic.
<...> We resolutely reject these insinuations,” Antonov was quoted as saying in the embassy’s Telegram channel.
He stressed that the Ukrainian authorities themselves mine the coastal waters of the Black Sea.
Antonov also drew attention to the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing prohibited mines “Petal” on the peaceful cities of Donbass, on which more than 30 civilians have already been blown up.
“Such actions speak eloquently about the attitude of the regime (President of Ukraine Vladimir. -
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) Zelensky to the population of those lands that Kiev would like to consider its own,” the Russian ambassador concluded.
On August 7, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired three rockets at Donetsk from the Uragan MLRS with Petal anti-personnel mines.