MOSCOW, February 3. /TASS/. Kiev’s terrorist attack on Lisichansk’s residential areas was, according to preliminary reports, conducted with the weapons provided by Western countries, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement, posted on the ministry’s website.

"According to preliminary information, the strike was carried out with Western weapons," she said. "Another terrorist attack is a ‘thank you’ from Kiev extremists for the ‘generous’ financial support by the European Union countries."

Zakharova pointed out that EU citizens must know what their taxes are used for, as "they are used for purchasing lethal weapons systems and for sending them to the Kiev regime that uses them to kill civilians."

"This (the strike on Lisichansk - TASS) is new proof of the criminal nature of the Kiev regime, its kingpins on Bankovaya (a street in Kiev that houses Ukraine’s government institutions - TASS) and the fact that the Ukrainian armed forces, as Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated, have completely evolved into a terrorist organization," the diplomat said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said that Russia "will notify international organizations of another terrorism act committed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s gang."

"We expect the concerned international organizations to promptly and unequivocally condemn the crime committed by the Kiev militants," she added.

The Ukrainian armed forces conducted a strike on Lisichansk’s bakery on Saturday afternoon. Twenty people were killed and ten more were wounded. It was reported that up to 40 civilians might have been under the rubble.