Washington is ultimately responsible for Kiev’s attacks on civilians, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said The US created the “regime” of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, as such it is expected that Washington will ignore Kiev’s terrorist tactics in its conflict with Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed in an interview with RT.

The concerns have reportedly come amid heavy losses for Kiev’s troops during its counteroffensive EU officials fear that Ukraine’s position in its conflict with Russia could “unravel” this winter, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Hamas released nine Israeli children and two women on Monday evening in exchange for the release of dozens of Palestinians from Israeli prisoners. It was the fourth such swap since a short-term truce was declared last week.