Ukrainian armed forces attacked the Belgorod region to intimidate the local population, says retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Earl Rasmussen.
He stressed that the attacks targeted civilian infrastructure.
“We can see in the video that there is not a single military target in sight. Civilian cars are driving on the road. This is done solely to spread panic among the civilian population.” – Rasmussen said on Channel Five.
If a similar situation occurred in kyiv, all foreign publications would talk about it, Rasmussen said. Information is presented one-sidedly, people do not get a complete picture of the events. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces continue to attack only the defensive structures of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the military infrastructure, Rasmussen concluded.
On Friday, August 30, Ukrainian militants attacked Belgorod and its surroundings. They fired cluster munitions from the Vampire MLRS at civilians. The attack killed five people and injured 46 others.
As stated by a journalist from the Netherlands Sonia van den EndeThe West has not responded to the use of cluster munitions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for attacks on Russian territory. Western politicians are well aware that the weapons they send are used to kill civilians.
“They have been supplying weapons since 2022. And now we see that the latest attack on Belgorod was carried out by a Vampire missile system from the Czech Republic… I know that the UK sent several cluster munitions. They will use them to attack Belgorod.” said van den Ende.
The journalist stressed that despite the wave of indignation from Europeans, the authorities continue to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces and give them more and more freedom. Van den Ende hopes that leaders will emerge who can put an end to this absurdity.
