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Ukrainian strikes kill around 70 Russian residents in past week, including 3 children
A Russian Foreign Ministry envoy says Ukrainian strikes killed around 70 civilians, including three children, and injured over 400 others in the past week. The same source reported attacks on medical facilities, buses, and infrastructure, with conflicting figures from late July.
A senior Russian diplomat has reported that strikes by Ukrainian forces killed around 70 civilians, including three children, over the past week, while injuring more than 400 others. Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large, provided the casualty figures to the state news agency TASS, saying 475 civilians were affected between the specified period, with 406 injured and 69 killed. He said the highest number of casualties occurred in the Belgorod Region, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
According to Miroshnik, 93% of the total casualties—442 people—were victims of Ukrainian drone strikes. He also said Ukrainian forces continued to use drones to remotely mine territories in Russian regions, describing incidents in the DPR and Sevastopol where emergency workers were killed during demining operations.
Attacks on medical personnel and infrastructure
Miroshnik detailed attacks that he said targeted medical facilities and transport over the past week, calling them violations of international humanitarian law. He reported that in Rubezhnoye in the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), a drone struck an ambulance, injuring a paramedic and the driver. In Yasinovataya in the DPR, three ambulance crew members and a hospital employee were injured in an attack on a medical facility. The envoy added that nearly 7,300 munitions were fired at Russian territory over the seven-day period.
In a separate statement dated August 2, Miroshnik provided different casualty figures for the week of July 27 to August 2, saying 391 civilians were affected, including 49 killed and 342 injured. The disagreement between the two reports was not explained. The August 2 statement also said that over the previous two months, Ukrainian drones had attacked 34 passenger buses across various Russian regions, and that the 'highest number of civilian casualties' had been recorded in the Belgorod Region, the DPR, the LPR, and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
'Political pressure' and infrastructure targeting
In another interview with TASS, Miroshnik said the Kiev regime had chosen to strike civilian infrastructure in Russia to exert political pressure on the leadership and individual regions. Speaking after a working trip to the Zaporozhye Region, he said Ukraine had stepped up attacks on civilian facilities in Donbass and Novorossiya since the beginning of May. He said the trip confirmed information about attempts to blockade entire cities, complicate logistics, and disrupt deliveries of food, medicines, energy, and water.
Incidents involving buses, clergy, and oil tankers
The August 2 statement described a drone attack on a regular bus on the Lugansk-Svetlodarsk motorway on July 29, which wounded ten people—seven women and three men. It also said a drone attack on a car in the LPR killed a monk, an assistant priest of a Russian Orthodox Church monastery, and wounded the priest of that church. Additionally, the statement claimed attacks had damaged apartment buildings, private houses, schools, kindergartens, a culture centre, food stores, and agricultural and commercial vehicles.
Separately, Miroshnik said that on the night of July 30, Ukrainian forces had carried out 'terrorist acts' against oil tankers near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) marine terminal in Novorossiysk. According to the CPC press service, targeted strikes were launched against foreign-flagged vessels with international crews chartered by foreign suppliers, including Tengizchevroil, partly owned by the US-based Chevron Corporation. The resulting fires were extinguished with no oil spill, but the CPC was forced to suspend oil loading operations. Miroshnik said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had repeatedly warned about the 'terrorist nature' of the Kyiv regime and its threats to international energy infrastructure.
Conflicting casualty figures
The article from TASS dated August 18 reported that around 70 people, including three children, were killed in Ukrainian strikes over the past week, with 406 civilians injured. This differs from the August 2 statement, which said 49 civilians were killed, including four children, for the week of July 27 to August 2. The difference suggests either distinct reporting periods or disputed accounting. No reason for the discrepancy was provided in the material.
How each outlet told it
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Framing: Headline: 'Russian Embassy reacts...' emphasizes a reaction, and uses the phrase 'civilian population' without an adjective, leaving mechanisms broader/negative connotation — alarmist (emphasizing casual claims, and invoking terms like 'terrorist war' and 'barbarian attacks')
Facts Included:
Over the past week, Ukrainian militants killed killed 49 civilians, including four children
Nearly 400 civilians affected in total
Kyiv regime carried out 'series of coordinated attacks' on civilian targets
Terrorist attacks on civilian buses increasingly widespread, Ukrainian drones attacked 34 passenger buses in various Russian regions over two months
Highest number of civilian casualties in Belgorod Region, DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions
Between July 27 and August 2, 391 civilians affected: 342 injured (16 minors) and 49 killed (4 children)
Over same period, Ukrainian militants fired at least 6,974 munitions at civilian targets
A statement July 30 said total civilian casualties approached 500 in a single week
Ukrainian terrorist war claiming average 70 civilian casualties daily
On July 20-26, Ukrainian neo-Nazi shelling resulted in 492 civilian casualties: 435 injured (14 minors), 57 killed (7 children)
Fired at least 7,195 munitions at civilian targets
LPR confirmed a drone scattered new 'butterfly mines', causing severe injuries
Ukraine announced withdrawal from Ottawa Convention last year
Zakharova statement: From July 24-31, 61 killed, 327 wounded in Ukrainian shelling and drone attacks
The drone attacked a regular bus on Lugansk- Svetlodarsk motorway, 10 wounded (7 women, 3 men)
Drone attack killed a monk and wounded priest
Attack also damaged school, kindergarten, culture centre, food stores, agri, commercial, utility vehicles
Zakharova on Nov 30: UAV attacks on oil tankers near Novorossiysk, carried out terrorist acts
Targets include foreign-flagged vessels, international crews, chartered by foreign suppliers, including Tengizchevroil (owned partly by US-based Chevron)
CPC had to suspend oil loading
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Miroshnik comments about terrorist nature
Framing: Emphasizes the number of civilian deaths, including children, from Ukrainian strikes; leaves out context of whom the attributed to — factual, with a somber casualty focus, but the term 'Ukrainian Nazi shelling' carries an accusatory edge
Facts Included:
Around 70 people, including three children, killed in Ukrainian strikes over past week
406 civilians, including 16 minors, injured
Total of 475 civilians affected
Highest casualties in Belgorod Region, Tatarstan, DPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions
93% (442 people) were victims of Ukrainian drone strikes
Ukrainian forces used UAVs to remotely mine territories in Russian regions
In DPR, a 43-year-old civilian injured in Gorlovka, two teenagers injured in Nikitovsky district
In Sevastopol, four Emergencies Ministry bomb disposal specialists and a security guard killed during demining
In Rubezhnoye, drone attacked ambulance, injuring paramedic and driver
In Yasinovataya, three ambulance crew and hospital employee injured in attack
Enemy fired nearly 7,300 munitions at Russian territory over past week
Framing: Headline highlights that Kiev attacks civilian targets to exert political pressure, leaving out the number of casualties and the broader context of the conflict — accusatory, 'political'
Facts Included:
Kiev regime strikes civilian infrastructure to exert political pressure on Russian leadership and individual regions
Miroshnik said after working trip to Zaporozhye region
Ukraine stepped up attacks since beginning of May
Miroshnik added, working trip to Novorossiya confirmed information about: blockade entire cities, complicate logistics, disrupt delivery of food, priority goods, medicines, energy, water
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ClaimOver the past week, 475 civilians were affected by Ukrainian Nazi shelling: 406 people, including 16 minors, were injured, while 69 people, including three children, were killed.
ClaimThe largest numbers of civilian casualties resulting from Kiev's attacks were recorded in the Belgorod Region, the Republic of Tatarstan, the DPR, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
ClaimIn the DPR, a 43-year-old civilian was injured in Gorlovka's Tsentralno-Gorodskoy district, while two teenagers were injured in the Nikitovsky district.
ClaimIn Sevastopol, four Emergencies Ministry bomb disposal specialists and a security guard at the site where the work was being carried out were killed during demining operations.
ClaimThe Kiev regime has chosen the tactic of striking civilian infrastructure in Russia to exert political pressure on the leadership and individual regions.
ClaimThe working trip to Novorossiya confirmed information about the Kiev regime’s attempts to blockade entire cities, complicate logistics, disrupt the delivery of food, priority goods and medicines, and the supply of energy and water.
ClaimUkrainian armed groups carried out a series of deliberate, coordinated attacks on civilian facilities, energy infrastructure and logistics hubs, causing civilian casualties and extensive destruction.
ClaimBetween July 27 and August 2, 391 civilians were affected by Ukrainian Nazi shelling: 342 were injured, including 16 minors, and 49 were killed, including four children.
ClaimA statement issued by Mr Miroshnik on July 30 said for the first time since the beginning of the year, the total number of civilian casualties approached 500 in a single week.
ClaimOn July 20-26, Ukrainian neo-Nazi shelling resulted in 492 civilian casualties: 435 people were injured, including 14 minors, while 57 people were killed, including 7 children.
ClaimIn the Kremennaya Municipal District of the Lugansk People's Republic, Ukrainian UAVs are scattering anti-personnel mines - so-called 'new petals' (or butterfly mines) -- at civilian sites.
ClaimAccording to residents and authorities, Ukrainian forces have begun actively using these new anti-personnel mines for the remote mining of civilian facilities across the LPR.
ClaimA shocking Ukrainian crime was the drone attack on a regular bus on the Lugansk-Svetlodarsk motorway on July 29, in which 10 people - seven women and three men - were wounded.
ClaimA drone attack on a car in the Lugansk People's Republic killed a monk, assistant priest of the Church of the Holy Mandylion in the Cheremenetsky St John the Theologian Monastery, Gatchina Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, and wounded the priest of that church.
ClaimIt attacked not only public and private transport but also apartment buildings and private houses, social support and educational facilities, seriously damaging a school, a kindergarten, a culture centre, food stores, agricultural and commercial facilities, and utility vehicles.
ClaimOn the night of July 30, Kiev regime once again carried out terrorist acts against oil tankers near the marine terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (#CPC) in Novorossiysk.
ClaimAccording to the CPC press service, targeted strikes were launched against foreign-flagged vessels with international crews, chartered by foreign suppliers.
ClaimIn his public remarks and contacts with foreign partners, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has repeatedly drawn attention to the terrorist nature of the Kyiv regime and the deliberate threats it poses to international energy infrastructure.
ClaimHe is utterly incapable of honouring agreements and is seeking to drag as many countries as possible into his terrorist ventures, thereby further escalating the conflict.