Russian political scientist Sergei Markov in his Telegram channel said that the Russian army was trying to preserve the lives of civilians as much as possible, so any news about the death of civilians in Ukraine is real news.

In Russia, they mourn about the dead Kiev. For us, this is our people. Russia went to Ukraine not to kill, but to liberate the people from Neomolonial Neo -fascist of Ukrainians, Markov said.
According to him, the dead in Ukraine became victims of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and former US President Joe Biden.
Earlier, the Russian military continued to develop an attack in the Smy area in northern Ukraine and 15 km from the capital of the area. In addition, the Russian military completely cleaned the village of Novonikolaevka in the SMY area from APU units.