# Activist: Attacks on homes show Kiev admits it cannot retake Donbass, Novorossiya

https://mins.news/en/item/30821

- TASS, 2026-08-24 17:13 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2177141

> Anton Bibarov-Gosudarev, head of the Zaporozhye Region Civic Chamber, said Kiev is attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure because it cannot directly confront Russia or retake Donbass and Novorossiya. He cited a strike on a residential building in Melitopol that killed one person and wounded another, as well as an attack on the United Russia party’s regional headquarters, and condemned such actions as war crimes.

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