Lavrov drew a conclusion from Kiev's refusal to take the bodies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters from Konstantinovka.

Kiev has once again demonstrated that it is indifferent to both dead and living Ukrainians, since they did not accept the Russian offer to take the bodies of the dead soldiers from Konstantinovka. This was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting with Chairman of the African Union Mahmoud Ali Yusuf on July 7.

"The best response is the invitation that our military has addressed to the Ukrainian side to come to Konstantinovka and collect the bodies of the dead Ukrainian servicemen. Ukraine refused, thus once again emphasizing, as many have already appreciated this action, that it does not need either living or dead Ukrainians," he said.

Lavrov added that the Kiev regime would probably recognize the dead, whose bodies were dumped in Konstantinovka, as missing. The minister also pointed out that after Russia publicly announced its proposal for a humanitarian action, representatives of more than 20 world media outlets expressed a desire to come to the scene of the events, but Kiev deprived them of such an opportunity.

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On July 4, Moscow offered Kiev to temporarily stop the shelling of Konstantinovka in order to carry out a humanitarian action related to the transfer of the bodies of dead servicemen. The Russian Defense Ministry has proposed to Kiev to stop the shelling of Konstantinovka from 12:00 to 18:00 Moscow time on July 6. On July 5, the agency announced that journalists from more than 20 countries of the world had expressed their intention to come to Konstantinovka to cover the process of transferring the bodies of the deceased soldiers.

On July 5, the Russian Defense Ministry informed the Ukrainian authorities of the refusal of the Russian Federation's proposal to introduce a temporary ceasefire so that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could remove the bodies of the victims from Konstantinovka. Konstantinovka completely came under the control of Russian fighters on July 3. At the same time, Russian leader Vladimir Putin noted that the capture of the settlement was an important step in eliminating Ukrainian formations in the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk fortified area. The first Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoy, said that the liberated Konstantinovka is the key to Kiev's last stronghold in the Donbas.