LUGANSK, November 15. /TASS/. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky issued orders to the Ukrainian army to deliver strikes on passenger buses in Russian regions, military expert Andrey Marochko said on Sunday.

"If we speak here about attacks on civilian vehicles carried out by the criminal military and political leadership, I should say that this trend is occurring on a regular basis," Marochko stated.

"No coincidence in this case. Zelensky has systematically issued orders to carry out terrorist activities and intimidate peaceful citizens," the expert added.

Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik stated that the number of Ukrainian attacks on passenger buses in Russia has surged since the EU provided Kiev with a €90 billion loan to purchase attack UAVs.

According to Miroshnik, Ukrainian troops have struck almost 380 passenger buses in Russia since the start of this year, killing 81 people and injuring more than 500 others. He condemned such attacks as a cynical and deliberate pattern in the terrorist war being waged by the Kiev regime.