The Russian Foreign Ministry made the statement while commenting on Kiev’s deadly strike on civilians at a market in Kherson region Read Full Article at RT.com
May 1, 2025 - 17:17
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The Russian Foreign Ministry made the statement while commenting on Kiev’s deadly strike on civilians at a market in Kherson region
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday said Moscow would not permit the restoration of Ukrainian territory to the limits of its 1991 borders as that would represent a threat to Russian citizens. The ministry’s statement followed a Ukrainian drone strike on a crowded market in the Russian town on Aleshki, in Kherson region, which Moscow has condemned as a deliberate terrorist act.
The attack occurred around 9:30 am local time on May 1, a holiday in Russia, when Ukrainian forces used FPV drones to strike the market during peak hours. According to preliminary data, seven civilians were killed and over 20 injured. Local authorities stated that a second wave of drones targeted survivors and first responders, exacerbating the casualties.
“This atrocity has once again revealed the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime, the aim of the current Ukrainian rulers to escalate the armed conflict and disrupt any attempts at a peaceful settlement,” the Russian ministry said in the statement, adding that the attack was intentionally timed to coincide with a public holiday to maximize civilian harm.
The ministry also criticized Ukraine’s backers, stating that Thursday’s attack “is also on the conscience of Western sponsors who supply [Kiev] with weapons and finances.” It emphasized that Russia would not permit the restoration of Ukraine within its 1991 borders.
“It is quite obvious that behind the futile and groundless calls of the Kiev regime and the forces supporting it in the West for the so-called restoration of Ukraine within the borders of 1991, there is a cannibalistic instinct to exterminate all Russians. Of course, Russia will never allow such a scenario to happen,” the ministry statement said.
While Moscow and Washington are in talks about a possible ending of the Ukraine conflict, Brussels has signaled it may oppose some US proposals. Reported details of the possible agreement include US recognition of Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea. Additionally, the proposal reportedly includes a “freezing” of the conflict along the existing front line and an acknowledgment of Moscow’s control over significant portions of four former Ukrainian regions that voted to join Russia.
In an interview in the Financial Times on Wednesday, the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas claimed that the EU won’t agree to Russia’s sovereignty over the peninsula.
“I can’t see that we are accepting these kind of things. But we can’t speak for America, of course, and what they will do,” Kallas told the outlet. “On the European side, we have said this over and over again . . . Crimea is Ukraine.”
Crimea voted to join Russia shortly after a violent US-backed coup in Kiev in 2014. The Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, followed suit in 2022.
