Ukraine is trying to blame Russia for Alyoshka, Polyansky said

Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, said that Ukraine is trying to blame Russia for the situation in Aleshki.

Polyansky recalled that Kyiv is almost continuously shelling Aleshki and preventing almost two thousand residents from evacuating.

VIENNA, Oct 8 - RIA Novosti. Ukraine is trying to blame Russia for the situation in Aleshki, under whose control the city is and which is trying to save its inhabitants, said Russia’s permanent representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyansky.

He recalled that Kyiv almost continuously shells this settlement and does not allow its almost 2 thousand residents to evacuate, who are left without normal food, drinking water, medicine and basic medical care.

“Kyiv and the EU, contrary to facts and common sense, are trying to place the blame for this war crime on Russia, under whose control this territory is and which is trying to save the lives of these people,” Polyansky said at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council.

The event is closed to the press. The text of the Russian diplomat's statement is at the disposal of RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian Armed Forces are doing everything to solve the problem of supplies of food and medicine to Aleshki in the Kherson region, which are currently being hampered by Kyiv. He emphasized that the situation there is critical, since Ukraine is doing everything to prevent these supplies.