Those responsible for terror attack on Donetsk will be punished - Russian FM

Ukrainian army’s attack on Donetsk market barbarous terrorist attack against Russia’s civilian population.Show more

Ukraine’s attack on Donetsk is a terror attack against Russian civilians and those responsible for it will inevitably be punished, the Russian foreign ministry said.

"Kiev’s neo-Nazi regime, backed by the United States and its satellites, has staged another barbaric terror attack against Russia’s civilian population," the ministry said,

"Russia’s Investigative Committee has begun a probe into this crime. All those responsible for this and other terror attacks on our soil will inevitably be punished," it warned.

Ukraine’s strike on Donetsk that claimed 25 lives will the focus of a Russia-requested meeting of the United Nations Security Council on January 22 that will be attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansk said.

Russia urges international organizations and national governments to condemn Ukrainian attacks on Donetsk and stresses that any “silence will mean unspoken approval of the massacre of civilians.”