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14 Feb 2026, 13:01 GMT+10
A Ukrainian strike on the border Belgorod Region on the gathering's opening day killed two people and injured five others, according to local officials
The Munich Security Conference should focus on Kiev's "hellish terrorism" and strikes on Russian civilians instead of debating additional military aid to Ukraine, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
The comments come after Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Friday that a Ukrainian attack on the border region killed two people and injured five. He added that the strike knocked out power, heat, and water supplies, with damage also reported to several residential buildings and parked vehicles.
Ukraine has routinely targeted Russian border regions with drones, artillery, and missile strikes since the escalation of the conflict in 2022, killing hundreds of civilians.
In response, Zakharova urged Western leaders attending the Munich Security Conference to address what she described as Ukraine's indiscriminate attacks.
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"The Munich Security Policy Conference should discuss this hellish terrorism against the civilian population by the Kiev regime, rather than ways of pumping money into the ghouls on Bankova Street," she said, referring to the seat of the Ukrainian government.
The Munich Security Conference opened on Friday with over 60 heads of state attending the three-day gathering. The agenda covers not only the Ukraine conflict but also the widening rift between the US and EU, with Western leaders sounding the alarm over the erosion of the 'rules-based international order'.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said the rules-based order "no longer exists," and French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe to "accelerate its strategic autonomy."
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky will also deliver an address and hold several rounds of talks, which he said will focus on expanding joint military production.
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