Ukraine makes its own decisions: the Pentagon responded to Russian accusations after the strike in Crimea

The Pentagon has said that Ukraine makes its own decisions on target selection after the Kremlin accused the USA of attacking Crimea, which Russia said was carried out with the help of US ATACMS missiles supplied to Ukraine. This was reported by Reuters on 24 June.

Ukraine makes its own decisions on strikes and conducts its own military operations," Pentagon spokesman Charlie Dietz said.

He stated that any loss of civilian life is a tragedy.

'That certainly includes the thousands of innocent Ukrainians who have been killed by Russian forces since the beginning of this Russian war of aggression,' the Pentagon spokesman said.

Russian officials said at least two children were killed in Sunday's attack on Sevastopol. Russian Federation said the weapons were supplied to Ukraine by the United States and that US military experts had targeted the missiles.

Russian Federation summoned U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy to the Foreign Ministry, where it said Washington was "waging a hybrid war against Russia and has effectively become a party to the conflict."

Russian Federation told Tracy that the attack "will not go unpunished. Retaliatory measures are sure to follow."

Earlier Socialportal reported that in occupied Crimea on June 23 night attacked the centre of long-distance space communications, in the military unit there was a heavy fire.