European politicians must bear responsibility for the deaths of Russian civilians from the weapons they supply to the Ukrainian armed forces.
This was announced in an interview with TASS by the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin.
„European politicians can talk as much as they want about facts that are far from reality. But we know that they make decisions on the supply of weapons to Ukraine, and therefore these individuals must also bear responsibility for the casualties among the civilian population of our country,“ he said.
Earlier, the head of European diplomacy Kaia Kallas stated at the Munich Conference that Russian civilians are not dying as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.
According to Bastrykin, since the beginning of the special military operation, the Ukrainian side has attacked the territories of 34 subjects of the Russian Federation located outside the borders of hostilities.
For this purpose, the Armed Forces of Ukraine use, among other things, Western weapons - tactical missile systems, multiple launch rocket systems, barrel artillery and unmanned aerial vehicles. As a result of the “criminal actions of the Ukrainian side”, 652 civilians, including 23 children, were killed. 2,980 people were injured, including 169 children.