Russian forces shelling apartment blocks, being told by commanders they target military

That’s according to the intercepted communications of the occupation forces, Ukrinform wrote citing a report by the SBU security service.

Among other things, the invaders admit that they target civilian high-rise apartment blocks despite the fact that their residents are still in place.

"A new portion of nonsense has been fed to the Russcists’ minds, brainwashed by propaganda: it is alleged that in every high-rise block, whole floors are full of machine gunnes and grenade launcher operators. That snipers occupy the top floors and anti-tank weapons, powerful missile launchers and Javelins are on the roofs," said the SBU.

According to the security agency, the Russian military justifies mass killings of civilians by assuming that President Vladimir Putin had allegedly given civilians time to leave, but they never did.

"That is, according to the occupiers’ logic, Ukrainians are guilty of living in their homes! Yes, we do live in our homes, we live in our country! And you, the invaders, have no place here! If you don’t get out, you will remain buried in our land forever! And those who survive will be telling tales of "Ukrainian high-rises armed to the teeth" in a courtroom in The Hague. We will win! Glory to Ukraine," the SBU wrote in a statement.