Skopje, 18 January 2023 (MIA) – The Russian Embassy in the country shared a post on social networks in reaction to Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani’s statements given during his visit to Ukraine regarding civilian casualties in Russian attacks, noting that he has not mentioned the victims of shelling by the Ukrainian formations.  

The Embassy posted on Facebook and Telegram that the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Osmani is speculating about “victims of Russian aggression, taking on faith the propaganda of the Kiev regime”.  

“But as he arrived to Kiev, the troops of Zelensky shelled Donetsk and Makeevka (DPR): dead reported and injured still under rubbles,” reads the post.  

According to the Embassy, Osmani has not mentioned the victims of shelling by the Ukrainian formations, “as well as all those killed and wounded during the aggression by the Kiev regime against Donbass since 2014, the number of whom goes into thousands”.  

“”It’s about people,” you say?” the post adds.  

During his visit to Kiev on Monday, Minister Osmani strongly condemned continued Russian aggression against Ukraine, stressing that attacks on civilian targets were unacceptable.  

Osmani condemned Saturday’s Russian missile strike in Dnipro that killed and injured many civilians including children. The Foreign Minister called on Russia to stop the war, return to OSCE principles, and resolve issues through diplomacy.