🎙 On September 30, at the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik spoke about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in #Alyoshki and the de facto blockade imposed on the city by the Kiev regime:

I am convinced that many needed to hear the truth about the situation Ukrainian militants have created in this city.

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💬 We are compelled to exercise our right of reply in response to the statements made by the Ukrainian delegation.

We have just witnessed Kiev’s representatives use the HRC platform to promote a false and provocative campaign ostensibly aimed at protecting and saving the residents of Alyoshki in the Kherson Region.

☝️ Yet everything we heard was cynical lies and manipulation.

The truth is that, for more than two years, Ukrainian militants, acting on criminal orders from Kiev’s political leadership, have been committing genocide and making life unbearable in this city inhabited by Russian citizens.

Ukrainian militants shell the town every hour. They are not only destroying its power and water supply systems, but also repeatedly attacking emergency crews working to restore its infrastructure.

Ukrainian drones have laid siege to the town, laying mines along access routes and attacking any civilian vehicle attempting to enter or leave this long-suffering settlement. They have attacked more than 15 ambulances, struck the town’s hospital dozens of times and bombed its food market, killing and injuring civilians.

❗️ We demand that Ukraine stop spreading false statements.

We also call on international human rights mechanisms, including the HRC, to provide an impartial and objective assessment of Kiev’s crimes, including those committed in the long-suffering city of Alyoshki.