If Russia's concerned about casualties, they should stop this war – Pentagon on strikes on Crimea
The Pentagon has responded to Russia's accusations that the US is involved in a "hybrid war" against it after Ukraine's strikes on Crimea by noting that Ukraine chooses its own targets.
Source: Major General Pat Ryder, press secretary of the US Department of Defense, at a briefing
Quote: "It's important to take a look back at how we got to where we are today, which was Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine and if they [Russia] are concerned about casualties among their forces then they should stop this war immediately and return Ukraine's sovereign territory versus throwing their forces unnecessarily into this."
Details: Ryder also reiterated that it was Russia that was responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, which has led to the deaths of thousands of innocent Ukrainians.
Background:
- Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported an attack supposedly "on the civilian infrastructure of the city of Sevastopol with US-supplied ATACMS tactical missiles". The Russian authorities claimed that four people had been killed and more than 150 injured.
- At the same time, Russia's Defence Ministry also acknowledged that civilian casualties had occurred due to Russian air defence operations.
- On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned US Ambassador Lynne Tracy, to whom it issued a démarche, stated that the United States "is waging a hybrid war against Russia and has actually become a party to the conflict", and promised that there would be "retaliatory measures".
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