Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov this Saturday condemned Ukrainian nationalists preparing new premeditated actions to blame Russia for the killing of civilians in the city of Irpin in Kyiv province.
He pointed out that the Russian military left the city more than a week ago and that agents of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) are planning to remove the bodies of civilians who died after the Ukrainian artillery strikes from a hospital morgue to transfer Leave them in the basement of a building outside of town.
Likewise, he explained that later a montage will be organized in the forest, as part of which a Russian reconnaissance group will allegedly be “eliminated”, which, according to the scenario, will arrive in Irpín to kill witnesses to war crimes from Russia.
The official also stated that they will use as evidence the bodies of Russian soldiers who were tortured and killed by nationalists.
“This cynical staged action [será] organized to then distribute videos through western media,” Konashenkov said.
The Russian defense spokesman also described the actions of the last day as part of the special military operation in Ukraine: high-precision missiles destroyed a large Ukrainian ammunition depot near the city of Novomoskovsk.
In turn, Russian air and missile forces have leveled 85 Ukrainian military installations in the past 24 hours.
Since the beginning of the operation, the Russian military has destroyed 127 aircraft, 98 helicopters, 425 drones, 2,031 tanks and other armored vehicles, 2,228 multiple rocket launchers, 880 field artillery units and mortars.