UK, EU countries finance killings of Russian civilians by Kiev — Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW, July 3. /TASS/. The money and weapons that the UK and EU countries provide to Kiev constitute financing the killing of Russian civilians, Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large for the Kiev regime's crimes, said at a briefing.

"Not long ago, British officials boasted that they had supplied Kiev's militants with around 150,000 attack drones, providing them with more than 400 UAVs a day to strike residential buildings, hospitals, schools, and kindergartens," the diplomat said, adding that "London is far from the only contributor to this criminal network engaged in killing civilians."

According to Miroshnik, "the sponsors of these killings in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and the capitals of Northern European countries have also done their utmost."

"Everyone who voted to provide Kiev with a 90-billion loan to continue its terrorist war over the next two years has taken part in the killing of civilians," he added.

To illustrate "the effectiveness of investments in the system of killing civilians," Miroshnik cited the difference in casualty figures.

"Throughout 2025, 6,500 people were affected by attacks carried out by Ukrainian killers. Now, in just one quarter, the figure exceeds 3,000," he said. "The increase in the death toll is even more alarming: 165 civilians were killed in the second quarter of 2025, compared with nearly three times as many - 422 - in the second quarter of 2026," the diplomat concluded.