Russia blames US for deadly Ukrainian missile attack on Sevastopol

A Ukrainian air strike in the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula has killed five people and sent beachgoers running for their lives. The incident occurred in the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol. Officials report that Ukraine's military fired ballistic missiles with cluster munitions. Russian air defences shot down four of them, while a fifth exploded over the city after being hit. Sevastopol's governor confirmed that 124 people were injured. The Russian defence ministry stated that US specialists had set the ATACMS missiles' flight coordinates based on information from US spy satellites, implicating Washington as directly responsible.

Daniel Hawkins joins us from Moscow to discuss this.

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[BeanerMoney]

None of the western outlets are talking about it, not good

[FellowsOfAlliance]

Remember, in a war there are no winners, only losers on both sides.

[gigante]

Weren't cluseter munitions supposed to be illegal to use in the first place

[kennethmorrison]

I have some advice for everyone: don't make any long range plans...

[PaulinAsia_]

Cluster bombs are illegal, especially if used against civilians.

[barti]

you can buy such a rocket in any military store

[toddbrackett]

Why would you take your family to an active combat zone for your summer vacation?

[alexbelow]

What's on the beaches of Florida? Is everything calm?

[businessideas.]

Sounds like a symptom of fast approaching ww3 "Russia will Respond"

[craigfinnegan]

There's no de-escalation in this war - there's only different speeds of escalation.

[joegug]

Act like a gangster get treated like one.

[apprating]

“Talk talk talk talk talk” that’s all I hear

[jonathanfriedlander]

Oscar Wilde: americans from barbarism to decadence without becoming civilised !! Says it all !!

[weifengmao]

What's the strategic value of attacking a beach.

[escobeer]

Not very smart to go sunbathing in Crimea...

[erickinyua]

What about Iranian shaeds and noth Korea missiles

[seanj]

They just need to get out of ukraine and everything will be fine

[samm]

Not so fun having a war when it comes to your shores is it!

[WarrenCromartie]

There is almost complete media blackout in the west on this conflict, and what's actually happening on the ground. The BBC has all but stopped reporting on this war. I find this worrying, because foreign news outlets are frequently reporting significant points of escalation. It appears they don't ant us to know what's going on.

[alexhumble]

She does not hesitate to lie in front of public about annexation of Crimea. Crimea has not been invaded by anyone. Crimean people voted in referendum to separate from Ukraine and join Russia. There were neither invasion nor fights, not even single shot was made because all Crimea’s military and law enforcement defected to Russia. Moreover all the legal procedures were made strictly following UN’s requirements. Crimea joined Russian Federation in 2014 in accordance with the UN Charter provision on the right of a people to self-determination. The Crimean Peninsula is a part of Russian Federation according to Russian Constitution. "If you lie just once, who would believe you ever?", my grandmother taught me when I was a child, but these lie all the time over and over. All their business is based on lying.