UNITED NATIONS, October 20. /TASS/. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned about the growing number of civilian casualties resulting from increasingly frequent attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces on Russian territory, including recent strikes in the St. Petersburg area, UN Secretary-General Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

"The Secretary General is also deeply concerned by the rising number of civilian casualties as a result of increased attacks by Ukrainian armed forces in the Russian Federation, including the recent attacks around Saint Petersburg," Dujarric said.

"All attacks targeting civilians, civilian infrastructure, must stop wherever they occur, and there are violations of international humanitarian law, and must end immediately," the UN spokesman added.