Vice Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev. File photoMOSCOW, June 29Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev considers the statement about Russia's alleged involvement in the attack on a shopping center in Kremenchug, Ukraine, a provocation, noting that information about the emergency appeared on the tapes of a number of Western agencies even before the fire. «The attempt was made in full growth. If I'm not mistaken, on some tapes of Western news agencies, information about this strike appeared before the strike was delivered. This is pure provocation,» the politician said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.Polyansky explained why Kyiv needs a provocation in KremenchugHe stressed that Bucha, Kremenchug is a desperate attempt by the West to find in Russia's actions that a special military operation goes beyond its parameters, and that military equipment is used against the civilian population of Ukraine. «This is absolutely not the case,» Kosachev said. He stressed that Russia is acting pointwise in relation to military facilities and «there is no evidence to the contrary.» was hit. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces, using high-precision weapons, destroyed weapons and ammunition for the Ukrainian group of troops in the Donbass that were in the hangars in Kremenchug, which were received from the United States and European countries, the detonation of ammunition caused a fire in a nearby non-working shopping center. Russia launched a military operation on Ukraine February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. :18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
