Ukrainian President: Ukraine Has Evidence of Russian Involvement in Saturday Attacks
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FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images(KIEV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday that there is evidence of Russian involvement in the rocket attacks on the city of Mariupol on Saturday.
“Interception of radio and phone conversations by the Security Service of Ukraine irrefutably indicates that the given attack was organized by terrorists supported by Russia,” Poroshenko said. “I consider it an issue of every country to determine its attitude to the tragedy in Mariupol and Volnovakha. Evasion of fair and honest assessments is also a support of terrorism, which is unacceptable.”
At least 27 people were killed in Saturday’s attacks, as rockets hit markets, schoools and homes in the city of Mariupol.
President Obama on Sunday said that the U.S. is “deeply concerned about the latest break in the cease-fire and the aggression that these separatists with Russian backing, Russian equipment, Russian financing and Russian troops are conducting.” He vowed to “continue taking the approach we’ve taken in the past” by “ratcheting up pressure on Russia.”
Poroshenko called Saturday’s attacks “the most dreadful tragedy since the beginning of the war.”
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