UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on civilians, said Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq, as reported by RIA Novosti. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
At a press briefing, Farhan Haq conveyed that the Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the ongoing escalation of the conflict, including its spread to the territory of the Russian Federation. He condemned the latest attacks by Ukrainian drones on several regions of Russia, which reportedly resulted in civilian deaths and damage to civilian infrastructure.
Moscow has repeatedly called on the UN and its Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights to give a fair assessment of the crimes committed by the Kiev regime. Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, said that ignoring these attacks is tantamount to endorsing and further encouraging terrorist attacks.
The Permanent Mission recalled that on August 3, a drone attack on a resort near Gelendzhik killed seven people, including four children. Earlier, on the night of July 25, a targeted attack on a tourist center in the Zaporozhye region killed 12 people, five of whom were children.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the ignoring of attacks on civilians a shameful stance and a sign of the organization's complete dysfunction.