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Russian Diplomat Responds to Ukraine Accusations About Vinnytsa Strike at UN Forum

© AP Photo / Ukrainian Emergency ServiceIn this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, an ambulance parked near a building damaged by shelling in Vinnytsa, Ukraine
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, an ambulance parked near a building damaged by shelling in Vinnytsa, Ukraine - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.07.2022
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - The recent strike by Russian forces on a target in the city of Vinnytsa was directed against Ukrainian military officers, Russian diplomat from the country’s mission at the United Nations, Evgeny Varganov, said during a UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development on Thursday.
The comment came after Ukrainian representatives accused Russia of waging a war in Ukraine and allegedly indiscriminately targets civilians, including in Vinnytsa.

"The Russian Federation only strikes military objects in Ukraine and the strike in Vinnytsa was against the House of Officers where the armed forces of Ukraine were being trained," Varganov said during the forum.

Varganov pointed out that the Ukrainian forces have indiscriminately shelled civilians in the Donbass region in the past eight years, killing some 14,000 people.
A woman shows a fragment of a mortar projectile in the village of Zaytsevo, Donetsk People’s Republic. Last month, the DPR’s Ministry of Emergency Situations declared that demining Donbass would take decades. - Sputnik International, 1920, 07.07.2022
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