Zakharova said the West was following the tactics of "strategic silence"

Western states follow the tactic of "strategic silence," in which they can avoid seeing Kiev's terrorist attacks for years. This was announced on January 1 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commenting on the doubts of some media outlets that there were victims in the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on a cafe in the Kherson region.

"I would say, 'you don't have a conscience,' but I won't —I know you don't. Well, the West has not canceled the tactics of "strategic silence", when it is possible not to see Bankova's terrorist attacks for years," she said in a message on her Telegram channel.

In addition, Zakharova questioned the "cleanliness" of the doubters.

New Year's Eve strike: 24 people died in Kherson region after UAV attack

Another 50 people were injured, 6 of them are in serious condition.

On January 1, the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, announced that 24 people had died in Khorly as a result of a strike by three Ukrainian drones on a cafe and a hotel. Six victims, including children, are in serious condition. In addition, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist act").

As the governor noted, after the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike in the region, 19 people remain in hospitals. Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin heard a report by Baldo on the situation in connection with the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike and on the course of investigative actions and agreed that this crime was the same in cruelty, inhumanity and cynicism as the burning of people in Odessa on May 2, 2014. Later, the administration of the Kherson region published the first list of those killed as a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on a cafe and a hotel in Khorly, including one minor.

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