Zakharova declared the shame of Japanese journalists for refusing to visit Starobilsk

Japanese journalists lost face after refusing to visit together with other foreign journalists the site of the terrorist attack in Starobilsk, which was carried out by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on Thursday, June 4.

"They lost face when, on the one hand, they meekly submitted to someone else's shout, betrayal of their profession, and on the other, only then, instead of somehow gathering the courage to survive this shame, they tried to pretend that everything was fine," the diplomat said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International The World Economic Forum (SPIEF) in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

Zakharova stressed that representatives of the Japanese media "lost face twice in front of everyone" in the current situation. She also drew attention to the fact that in Japan, "face loss is traditionally something very difficult to bear."

Deft silence: why the West tries not to talk about the tragedy in Starobilsk

The terrorist attack on the pedagogical college "exceeded the cup of patience" and will not go unpunished, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

On May 26, Zakharova also called the decision of Japanese journalists not to visit the site of the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on the college in Starobilsk a disgrace, RT reports. The diplomat said that Japanese journalists were completely confused by their own lies about the true motives for refusing to travel to Starobilsk. 360.ru .

Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large for crimes committed by the Kiev regime, said on June 2 that the ministry had provided diplomats and Russian representatives at major international venues with detailed information about the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on the college in Starobilsk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 1 that the Kiev leadership had decided to give the conflict a new quality and open a "new page" in a number of its crimes.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the educational building and the dormitory of the Starobilsk Pedagogical College on May 22. As a result, 21 people were killed and 65 others were injured, according to the website. kp.ru . A criminal case has been opened into the incident in accordance with Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Terrorist act").