# Envoy: Intensity of attacks on Donbass, Novorossiya directly linked to Western subsidies

https://mins.news/en/item/29610

- TASS, 2026-08-23 03:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2176593

> Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large on Kiev’s War Crimes Rodion Miroshnik said the intensity of Ukrainian strikes on civilian targets in Donbass and Novorossiya was directly tied to Western subsidies for the Kiev regime. He said attacks sharply escalated from early May after the EU approved a 90-billion-euro loan to Ukraine, including drone strikes on grocery stores, a hospital and residential buildings.

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