Statement by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the direct responsibility of the collective West countries, which supply weapons to the Kiev regime, for the death of civilians in the Russian Federation
The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation firmly protests against the collective West countries continuing to supply the Kiev regime with weapons, munitions and military equipment, which are being used to murder civilians and destroy civilian infrastructure in the Russian Federation.
The attacks on Belgorod on December 30, 2023, and on Donetsk on January 21, 2024, were particularly cynical and cruel. The Ukrainian armed forces used multiple launch rocket systems to target crowded public places, killing more than 50 people and wounding over 130 others.
On February 3, 2024, the Ukrainian armed forces attacked the residential neighbourhoods and civilian infrastructure of Lisichansk, killing 28 people, including one child.
The Ukrainian armed forces conduct these heinous actions with the use of weapons, munitions and military equipment sent to Ukraine, in part, by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Czech Republic and several other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the European Union. The list of these weapons includes US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Franco-British Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles and depleted uranium rounds, German AT2 and French HPD F2 mines, which pose a danger to civilians, Czech-made Vampire multiple rocket launchers, and many other types of weapons made in the West.
The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation hereby declares that in continuing to deliver weapons, munitions and military equipment, the countries of the collective West are becoming direct accomplices in the crimes of the Kiev regime, responsible for the death of innocent civilians, including women and children, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and gross violations of international law.
The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation urges the parliaments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Czech Republic and several other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the European Union to acknowledge the direct responsibility of their countries for the death of innocent civilians in the course of attacks conducted by the Ukrainian armed forces on civilian infrastructure in the Russian Federation and to take urgent measures to stop the supply of weapons, munitions and military equipment to the Kiev regime.