August 2, 14:22,
updated August 2, 15:20
Military operation in Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense announced evidence of direct involvement of the United States in the fighting in Ukraine
The Russian ministry reported that Moscow will take into account Kiev's coordination with Washington of targets before the HIMARS strike
MOSCOW, August 2. /tass/. Washington's approval of each target before the HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) strikes in Ukraine proves that the United States is directly involved in the conflict, despite the statements of the White House and the Pentagon. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.
He recalled that the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Military Department of Ukraine, General Vadim Skibitsky, told The Telegraph that before launching HIMARS missiles, consultations are underway between representatives of the intelligence services of Ukraine and the United States, which allow Washington to stop any attacks if they are dissatisfied with the intended target.
"All this irrefutably proves that Washington, contrary to the statements of the White House and the Pentagon, is directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine," Konashenkov said, adding that the Russian Defense Ministry has recorded and takes into account this official recognition for the future.
Blows in Elenovka
The strikes on Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka were planned by the regime of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and approved by Washington, no one in Ukraine or in the world should have doubts about this anymore, Konashenkov said.
"No one else in Ukraine and in the world should have any doubts that HIMARS missile strikes on Novaya Kakhovka on July 12, on Stakhanov on July 17, on Krasniy Luch on July 24, dozens of missile strikes on Donetsk and, of course, a strike on July 29 on the detention center in Elenovka, which killed 50 and injured 73 The Ukrainian prisoners of war were planned by the Zelensky regime and approved by Washington," he said.
According to Konashenkov, political, criminal and moral responsibility for the attack on the colony with Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka and other war crimes in Ukraine, together with Zelensky, is directly borne by the Biden administration.
Earlier at a briefing, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commenting on Skibitsky's interview, said that the supply of weapons by the United States to Ukraine is accompanied not only by instruction, but also by the performance of the function of gunners.