# Former US Ambassador Calls Russian Strikes on Kyiv ‘Pure Terror, Pure War Crimes’

https://mins.news/en/video/34869

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-27 20:33 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4173-TZ1-zk

> John Herbst, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and now with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, said Ukrainian strikes were weakening Russia’s ability to wage war. He said Russia had “no new tactics” and was resorting to killing civilians, describing the latest strikes on Kyiv as “pure terror, pure war crimes.”

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