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Ambassador alleges Kyiv struck Bryansk, says Western involvement aided targeting
Summary
An ambassador told a U.N. press briefing that a March 10 missile strike on Bryansk killed seven people and injured 42, alleged use of British Storm Shadow missiles and foreign assistance in targeting, and urged the U.N. Secretariat to condemn the attack.
An ambassador at a United Nations press briefing alleged that a March 10 missile strike on the Russian city of Bryansk struck a busy business district near residential buildings, children’s stores and a university, killing seven people and injuring 42.
"On March 10th, the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv committed yet another barbaric crime ..." the Ambassador said, adding that the strike "came under deliberate attack" on civilian infrastructure and that "seven people were killed and 42 were injured." The Ambassador quoted what he said was President Zelenskyy’s characterization of the incident as a "successful operation."
The Ambassador also asserted the strike was carried out using "at least seven long-range British Storm Shadow missiles" and said such an operation would be "technically impossible for the Ukrainian armed forces to conduct on their own," alleging the involvement of foreign specialists and NATO-provided intelligence to guide targeting. "The use of advanced Western weaponry takes place only with the direct involvement of foreign specialists who guide the targeting," he said.
The Ambassador criticized the U.N. Secretariat and other international organizations for what he described as a muted response. He said a U.N. daily briefing had mentioned the incident "only in passing" and called on the Secretariat to "abandon the policy of double standards and to provide an appropriate clear and unequivocal assessment of this heinous attack."
The claims in this article are those voiced by the Ambassador in the briefing; no independent confirmation of the allegations appears in the transcript, and no member of the U.N. Secretariat or other attendee offered a rebuttal during the exchange. The briefing subsequently moved to questions about unrelated regional issues.
