Ukraine has denied Russia’s claim that as a result of a missile attack on a hotel in Kharkiv, Ukrainian military and intelligence officers who participated in the planning and execution of an attack a day ago on the Russian city of Bilhorod, near the border, were killed.

War in Ukraine: Russian missiles fired at the Kharkiv Palace hotel in KharkivPhoto: SERHIY BOBOK / AFP / Profimedia

Andriy Yusov, the spokesman for the military intelligence of the GUR, said that Russia’s statements are “another delusional fantasy of the terrorist regime, which is waging a genocidal war against Ukraine,” reports Euromaidan News, citing News.ro.

In a comment to “Ukrainian Pravda” Yusov added: “Regarding the latest nonsense on the part of the so-called Ministry of Defense of the aggressor state, we can assure you that not a single officer of the GUR and not a single soldier of the Ukrainian special unit “Kraken” was injured during the terrorist attack that took place in Kharkiv “.

Instead, Yusov accuses the Russian military of again attacking civilian rather than military targets. “This is the usual practice of the Russian Federation and its terrorist missile attacks on civilian infrastructure and the civilian population. All other statements about imaginary “strikes” on GUR are another sick fantasy of people living in a parallel reality and waging a genocidal war against Ukraine, for which they will undoubtedly be punished,” Andriy Yusov noted.

What does Russia support?

Russia attacked military facilities in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight, including a hotel where military commanders and “foreign mercenaries” were staying, in response to Ukrainian strikes in Belgorod the previous day that killed 24 people, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday. of Russia

However, Russia’s statement claims that its strikes hit the former Kharkiv Palace hotel and the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region. Among the dead were servicemen and scouts who took part in the Ukrainian attack on Belgorod, as well as “foreign mercenaries and militants” who were preparing to carry out cross-border raids, the Russian Ministry of Defense also claimed.

Officials in Kharkiv said at least six rockets hit Ukraine’s second-largest city, injuring at least 28 people and damaging residential buildings, hotels and medical facilities, followed by a wave of drone attacks on residential buildings.

An image of the bombed Kharkiv Palace Hotel was published by the Belarusian media organization Nexta:

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