🎙 Briefing by Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik on the sidelines of the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (March 25, 2026, Geneva) Key points: 💬 While here in Geneva, taking part in the UNHRC events, I considered it necessary to share with you our data, which provides a sufficiently clear picture of the crimes, which the Kiev regime has been committing in the frontline area for the past four years. • The materials we have collected unequivocally confirm that the Ukrainian side has been ignoring human rights standards, as well as the norms and principles of international humanitarian law, throughout the conflict. • We have grounds to state that the Zelensky regime is deliberately waging war against the civilian population, resorting to war crimes and terrorist acts at the state level as a means of exerting pressure on Russia, influencing its domestic policy, and diverting the Russian Armed Forces from combat operations in order to counter terrorism and suppress crimes against civilians. • Since February 2022, at least 27,518 civilians have suffered as a result of the criminal actions of Ukrainian militants. Of these, at least 7,967 have been killed. • Hostilities began in 2014, following the launch by Ukraine of the so-called “anti-terrorist operation”, when troops were sent into Donbass to suppress defiant civilians. Since that period, the number of affected civilians has exceeded 41,600, with at least 12,602 civilians killed. • The situation has not improved since the start of 2026. Over the first 10 weeks of 2026, the number of civilians affected by Ukrainian militants and foreign mercenaries has only increased. Since the beginning of the year, 1,503 people have already been affected, including 235 killed. There is also horrifying data concerning children: since the start of the year alone, 61 children have been affected, at least 5 of whom were killed. • On March 10, Ukrainian militants struck the city of Bryansk. They used seven long-range Storm Shadow missiles to hit the city centre. Several missiles exploded near bus stops, bringing the total number of casualties to more than 58 people. Eight civilians were killed and 47 were injured. • We regard Kiev’s terrorist actions as a deliberate escalation in the form of massive strikes on civilian infrastructure, carried out in response to attempts at a peaceful settlement. #KievRegimeCrimes