Quote (Black XistenZ @ 24 Jun 2024 19:59)
Iirc, the Russians themselves initially claimed that the civilians were hurt by debris from an approaching Ukrainian missile or drone which was taken down by Sewastopol's anti-air, and only later changed the narrative to "the bloodthirsty regime in Kyiv used cluster munition on peaceful beachgoers!!!!11"
First messages were from the governor of Sevastopol who correctly mentioned rockets are incoming and asked citizens not to be in the open, messages from 11:21, message unedited.
11:47 he says all missiles were intercepted, uchkuevka beach hit by debris, message unedited.
13:38 clarification that a hundred+ were hurt by debris of a ballistic missile carrying cluster warhead, message is edited.
No change of narrative. Ukranians + US launched 5 missiles, 4 were intercepted in a safe zone, 1 managed to partially get through and hundreds were hurt.
As mentioned above, whoever sent those missiles hurtling at a city full of civilians (Sevastopol is 500k citizens) bears full responsibility for this war crime. Imagine the suffering those rockets could cause if they were not intercepted.
Civilian objects should not be attacked by ballistic missiles with cluster warheads. End of story.
This post was edited by Malopox on Jun 24 2024 12:24pm