LUGANSK, September 29. /TASS/. Over the past week, 41 civilians were killed as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces on Russian regions, and another 274 people, including nine minors, were injured, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik told TASS.

"According to data collected and verified by the Office of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large on Crimes Committed by the Kiev Regime, 315 civilians were affected by Ukrainian shelling over the past week: 274 civilians were wounded, including nine minors, and 41 people were killed," he said.

According to him, over the past seven days, the Ukrainian armed forces fired at least 8,033 rounds at civilian targets on Russian territory, including from multiple rocket launchers (122 mm), 152-and 155-mm artillery shells, some with cluster warheads, as well as mines and grenades. Ukrainian troops also actively used attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), FPV drones, and small arms.

"The overwhelming majority of the weapons used by the Ukrainian armed forces to strike the civilian population were manufactured and supplied by Western countries that are complicit in the crimes of the Kiev regime," Miroshnik added.