Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s special envoy, told TASS on April 30 that the number of attacks on civilians increased after Russia and the United States launched dialogue aimed at resolving the crisis in Ukraine. “Since the phone conversations between [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [U.S. President Donald] Trump, which set in motion the dialogue between the U.S. and Russia on finding peaceful solutions to the Ukrainian crisis, the Kiev regime has only heightened its escalation, attempting to target Russian civilian facilities and civilians,” Miroshnik stated. “Both the number of strikes by Ukrainian forces and the resulting casualties have grown by 20-30%.”
He further warned that Kiev might also orchestrate false-flag operations on its territory to implicate Russia. “Experience shows that Ukrainian provocateurs will stop at nothing—organizing attacks using children and pregnant women as human shields, initiating acts of nuclear terrorism, and detonating bombs in crowded places—all in an effort to derail negotiations,” Miroshnik asserted.
