Malfunctioning air defense missiles have resulted in civilian deaths, Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the UN Ukraine’s Western-provided air defense systems deployed in residential areas cause civilian casualties when they malfunction, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, told the Security Council on Friday.

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Kiev’s backers worry that the targeting of Russian political figures could play into Moscow’s hands, Mark Galeotti has suggested Ukrainian terrorist attacks on prominent Russian public figures are widening the rift between Western and Kiev’s intelligence services, Mark Galeotti, a British historian and expert on modern Russia, has said.