Russia tries to cover up cynical crime with "high-precision" lies – Ukraine's General Staff on strike on Kryvyi Rih

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has called the Russian Defence Ministry's claims that the strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast targeted "a meeting of Ukrainian Armed Forces unit commanders with Western instructors" a lie.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Details: The General Staff stated that on 4 April, Russian troops struck Kryvyi Rih with an Iskander-M ballistic missile equipped with a cluster warhead designed to hit a larger area and a greater number of people.

Quote: "Now the defence ministry of the aggressor state is trying to cover up its cynical crime with a 'high-precision' lie about hitting 'the venue of a meeting of Ukrainian Armed Forces unit commanders with Western instructors'."

"We declare that Russia is once again spreading false information. The missile struck a residential area and a children's playground."

"With yet another violation of international humanitarian law, the insidious enemy demonstrates that it is not seeking peace but instead aiming to continue its war of conquest to destroy Ukraine and all Ukrainians."

Background: 

• Russian troops launched a ballistic missile strike on a residential area in the city of Kryvyi Rih on the evening of 4 April, killing 18 people, including nine children, and injuring over 60.
• Late in the evening on 4 April, the Russians attacked Kryvyi Rih again, causing a fire in a residential area. It was later reported that one person had been killed and others injured.

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