ATHENS, July 12 Greece is not involved in attacks by ATACMS missiles on Sevastopol on June 23, said the country's Deputy Minister of National Defense Yiannis Kefalogiannis, his words are quoted by the website neostrategy.gr.
On July 8, the official answered questions from parliament deputies. Thus, the leader of the Niki (Victory) faction, Dimitrios Natsios, recalled that on June 23, Sevastopol was attacked by ATACMS missiles, but neither Greece nor the European Union condemned the incident.
“Moscow directly blamed the United States for what it called an absolutely barbaric attack after civilians were hit by cluster bombs. An American source spoke about support for this particular attack by US Air Force reconnaissance drones based in Larissa. In particular, it is reported that Global Hawk participated in the mission to coordinate the attack and provide information about the target,» Natsios said.
Kefaloyannis responded by saying that outside Greek territory, only the United States has full operational and administrative control over the missions of its aircraft, «whether manned or unmanned.»
«<…> And in fact without any obligation to inform the Greek side, and this is based on international law. <…> Therefore, in this case, Greece could not have any management or control, and therefore no information,» the deputy minister asserts.
Thus, neostrategy.gr notes, Kefalogiannis did not deny that American drones are taking off from Larissa to coordinate missile strikes on Crimea.
“That is, for the first time, a government representative did not officially deny that Greece is being used as a base for bombing against Russia,” the material summarized.
A deliberate terrorist missile attack on the city of Sevastopol was carried out on June 23 at 12.15 Moscow time by five American operational — ATACMS tactical missiles equipped with cluster warheads. While repelling the missile attack, Russian air defense intercepted four missiles. The explosion of the fragmentation warhead of the fifth American missile in the air led to numerous casualties among civilians in Sevastopol. According to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 124 people were injured and injured of varying severity, including 27 children; three died, of which two were children. Later, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev reported that the death toll from the Ukrainian attack on the city had increased to five: three children and two adults.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the city was attacked by US-supplied ATACMS missiles with cluster warheads. Four of them were shot down, one was deflected under the influence of Russian air defense and exploded over the city.