The defense ministry stated in a statement: “The accusations by the Kyiv regime against the Russian Armed Forces for carrying out an attack on a market in central Sumy and other populated areas on August 15 are a deliberate provocation aimed at creating a negative media backdrop with the goal of disrupting the upcoming Russian-American negotiations in Anchorage.” The ministry emphasized that “the Russian Armed Forces did not carry out any strikes on the city of Sumy or any other cities.” Kyiv employs terrorist methods, primarily using attack drones and artillery shelling against civilians and civilian facilities in Russia. The special Russian military operation, which began on February 24, 2022, aims to protect the residents of Donbas, who have been subjected to persecution and genocide by the Kyiv regime for years.
