Foreign Policy Adviser Yuri Ushakov called Sunday’s Crimean beach shelling a 'horrendous murder' at The Primarov Readings in Moscow on Tuesday.
"Meanwhile, the military zeal fuelled by the West is not fading. Moreover, it is taking horrendous forms, such as the murder, <...> of people on Sevastopol beach, including children," he said.
"Thank God, an apparently obvious understanding is growing that it is simply impossible to resolve the conflict without Russia. And this is, in my view, the only result of the much-touted summit in Burgenstock," Ushakov added.
The Russian foreign policy adviser pointed out that while Moscow’s settlement proposal would put an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the West intended 'to fight till the last Ukrainian'.
The Russian Defence Ministry reported on Sunday, June 23, that a "terrorist missile attack was carried out on the city of Sevastopol by five American ATACMS tactical missiles equipped with cluster warheads."
The Ministry noted that four missiles were intercepted by air defence systems, while “the explosion of the fragmentation warhead of the fifth missile in the air led to numerous casualties among civilians in Sevastopol."
The Defence Ministry attributed the strike to "Washington, which supplied these weapons to Ukraine, as well as the Kiev regime, from whose territory this attack was launched." The press service also announced that there would be a response.
Media reports citing the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Alexei Kuznetsov later reported that 124 people had been wounded in the attack, including 27 children when rocket fragments reportedly hit Uchkuevka beach.
Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova reported via social media that five children were in serious condition.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into a possible 'terrorist act', with investigators at the scene.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed that the strike was timed deliberately on the Day of the Holy Trinity.
"We perfectly understand what is inside the essence of the Kiev regime - it is a deep hatred for everything connected with Russia, with Russian culture. And of course, Orthodoxy and Christianity in general," Zakharova alleged.
Monday, June 24, was declared a day of mourning in Sevastopol.
At time of publication, the Ukrainian side had not commented on the shelling of Sevastopol. The United States rejected Moscow's claims that it was to blame for the attack on Crimea.
"I don't have any assessment of the underlying attack, including who was responsible for it. But you have seen Russia make ridiculous claims about responsibility in the past," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday.
"We provide weapons to Ukraine so it can defend its sovereign territory against armed aggression. That includes in Crimea, which of course is part of Ukraine," Miller added.
The peace conference in Burgenstock took place 15-16 June, Switzerland. Representatives of 91 states and eight international organisations attended, while Russia was not invited to the summit.
Following the meeting, around 80 countries adopted a final declaration calling for Ukraine's territorial integrity, safeguarding nuclear weapons, placing the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant under the full control of Ukraine and IAEA supervision, and restoring safe access to seaports. In addition, the communique states the need for an exchange of war prisoners on a 'all-for-all' basis and the return to Ukraine of deported and displaced civilians, including children.
On June 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined his conditions for a negotiated end to the conflict in Ukraine. It included the disarming and 'denazifying' of a 'neutral' Ukraine, with Crimea, the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions all recognised as part of Russia.
Advisor to the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, Mykhailo Podolyak, said that it lacked any 'real peace proposal', while Zelensky himself later labelled it as an 'ultimatum'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
'Military zeal fuelled by the West is not fading' - Russian foreign policy adviser Ushakov on Sevastopol beach attack
Foreign Policy Adviser Yuri Ushakov called Sunday’s Crimean beach shelling a 'horrendous murder' at The Primarov Readings in Moscow on Tuesday.
"Meanwhile, the military zeal fuelled by the West is not fading. Moreover, it is taking horrendous forms, such as the murder, <...> of people on Sevastopol beach, including children," he said.
"Thank God, an apparently obvious understanding is growing that it is simply impossible to resolve the conflict without Russia. And this is, in my view, the only result of the much-touted summit in Burgenstock," Ushakov added.
The Russian foreign policy adviser pointed out that while Moscow’s settlement proposal would put an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the West intended 'to fight till the last Ukrainian'.
The Russian Defence Ministry reported on Sunday, June 23, that a "terrorist missile attack was carried out on the city of Sevastopol by five American ATACMS tactical missiles equipped with cluster warheads."
The Ministry noted that four missiles were intercepted by air defence systems, while “the explosion of the fragmentation warhead of the fifth missile in the air led to numerous casualties among civilians in Sevastopol."
The Defence Ministry attributed the strike to "Washington, which supplied these weapons to Ukraine, as well as the Kiev regime, from whose territory this attack was launched." The press service also announced that there would be a response.
Media reports citing the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Alexei Kuznetsov later reported that 124 people had been wounded in the attack, including 27 children when rocket fragments reportedly hit Uchkuevka beach.
Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova reported via social media that five children were in serious condition.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into a possible 'terrorist act', with investigators at the scene.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed that the strike was timed deliberately on the Day of the Holy Trinity.
"We perfectly understand what is inside the essence of the Kiev regime - it is a deep hatred for everything connected with Russia, with Russian culture. And of course, Orthodoxy and Christianity in general," Zakharova alleged.
Monday, June 24, was declared a day of mourning in Sevastopol.
At time of publication, the Ukrainian side had not commented on the shelling of Sevastopol. The United States rejected Moscow's claims that it was to blame for the attack on Crimea.
"I don't have any assessment of the underlying attack, including who was responsible for it. But you have seen Russia make ridiculous claims about responsibility in the past," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday.
"We provide weapons to Ukraine so it can defend its sovereign territory against armed aggression. That includes in Crimea, which of course is part of Ukraine," Miller added.
The peace conference in Burgenstock took place 15-16 June, Switzerland. Representatives of 91 states and eight international organisations attended, while Russia was not invited to the summit.
Following the meeting, around 80 countries adopted a final declaration calling for Ukraine's territorial integrity, safeguarding nuclear weapons, placing the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant under the full control of Ukraine and IAEA supervision, and restoring safe access to seaports. In addition, the communique states the need for an exchange of war prisoners on a 'all-for-all' basis and the return to Ukraine of deported and displaced civilians, including children.
On June 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined his conditions for a negotiated end to the conflict in Ukraine. It included the disarming and 'denazifying' of a 'neutral' Ukraine, with Crimea, the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions all recognised as part of Russia.
Advisor to the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, Mykhailo Podolyak, said that it lacked any 'real peace proposal', while Zelensky himself later labelled it as an 'ultimatum'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Foreign Policy Adviser Yuri Ushakov called Sunday’s Crimean beach shelling a 'horrendous murder' at The Primarov Readings in Moscow on Tuesday.
"Meanwhile, the military zeal fuelled by the West is not fading. Moreover, it is taking horrendous forms, such as the murder, <...> of people on Sevastopol beach, including children," he said.
"Thank God, an apparently obvious understanding is growing that it is simply impossible to resolve the conflict without Russia. And this is, in my view, the only result of the much-touted summit in Burgenstock," Ushakov added.
The Russian foreign policy adviser pointed out that while Moscow’s settlement proposal would put an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the West intended 'to fight till the last Ukrainian'.
The Russian Defence Ministry reported on Sunday, June 23, that a "terrorist missile attack was carried out on the city of Sevastopol by five American ATACMS tactical missiles equipped with cluster warheads."
The Ministry noted that four missiles were intercepted by air defence systems, while “the explosion of the fragmentation warhead of the fifth missile in the air led to numerous casualties among civilians in Sevastopol."
The Defence Ministry attributed the strike to "Washington, which supplied these weapons to Ukraine, as well as the Kiev regime, from whose territory this attack was launched." The press service also announced that there would be a response.
Media reports citing the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Alexei Kuznetsov later reported that 124 people had been wounded in the attack, including 27 children when rocket fragments reportedly hit Uchkuevka beach.
Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova reported via social media that five children were in serious condition.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into a possible 'terrorist act', with investigators at the scene.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed that the strike was timed deliberately on the Day of the Holy Trinity.
"We perfectly understand what is inside the essence of the Kiev regime - it is a deep hatred for everything connected with Russia, with Russian culture. And of course, Orthodoxy and Christianity in general," Zakharova alleged.
Monday, June 24, was declared a day of mourning in Sevastopol.
At time of publication, the Ukrainian side had not commented on the shelling of Sevastopol. The United States rejected Moscow's claims that it was to blame for the attack on Crimea.
"I don't have any assessment of the underlying attack, including who was responsible for it. But you have seen Russia make ridiculous claims about responsibility in the past," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday.
"We provide weapons to Ukraine so it can defend its sovereign territory against armed aggression. That includes in Crimea, which of course is part of Ukraine," Miller added.
The peace conference in Burgenstock took place 15-16 June, Switzerland. Representatives of 91 states and eight international organisations attended, while Russia was not invited to the summit.
Following the meeting, around 80 countries adopted a final declaration calling for Ukraine's territorial integrity, safeguarding nuclear weapons, placing the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant under the full control of Ukraine and IAEA supervision, and restoring safe access to seaports. In addition, the communique states the need for an exchange of war prisoners on a 'all-for-all' basis and the return to Ukraine of deported and displaced civilians, including children.
On June 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined his conditions for a negotiated end to the conflict in Ukraine. It included the disarming and 'denazifying' of a 'neutral' Ukraine, with Crimea, the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions all recognised as part of Russia.
Advisor to the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, Mykhailo Podolyak, said that it lacked any 'real peace proposal', while Zelensky himself later labelled it as an 'ultimatum'.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.