The skies over Ukraine darkened again on Friday—but this time, the silence was shattered not just by missile strikes, but by grief. Eighteen civilians, including nine children, were reportedly killed in Krivoy Rog, a central Ukrainian city now drenched in both blood and unanswered questions. Another 56 were wounded, their lives forever altered by the blast.
As smoke still curled over the rubble and rescue workers pulled bodies from the wreckage, the Kremlin's response was cold and unyielding.
“We only target military objectives,” said Dmitry Peskov, the Russian President’s press secretary, brushing aside the horror with mechanical precision. “No civilian infrastructure is ever struck by our forces,” he added—his words chillingly devoid of the weight of the tragedy unfolding just beyond Russia’s borders.
Reporters pushed back. Could it have been a mistake? Was the intelligence flawed?
Peskov didn’t flinch. “We trust our Ministry of Defense entirely,” he said, with the conviction of someone either absolutely certain—or completely indifferent.
But the official narrative told a very different story than the scene on the ground.
According to Moscow’s Defense Ministry, the strike had a purpose: a gathering of Ukrainian military commanders and Western military instructors allegedly meeting in a restaurant in Krivoy Rog. They claimed the operation was a success—up to 85 Ukrainian and foreign personnel killed, 20 vehicles destroyed. A clean hit. Precise. Strategic.
But what of the children?
There was no mention of them. No acknowledgment of the families who will never see their sons and daughters again. Just numbers. Just "targets."
Meanwhile, far from Krivoy Rog, the war continues to burn through borders and promises. On Monday, the same Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of violating a 30-day truce agreed upon by Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and eventually even Volodymyr Zelensky. The alleged ceasefire, fragile as glass, was meant to halt attacks on energy infrastructure.
Instead, Russia now claims Ukraine launched fresh drone and artillery assaults within the past 24 hours—hitting six energy facilities across Voronezh, Bryansk, Kherson, and the Donetsk People's Republic. Power outages. Scattered blackouts. More civilians plunged into darkness, quite literally.
And so the cycle deepens.
Each side speaks with certainty. Each blames the other. But for those caught in the middle—the children buried under bricks, the civilians running from fires, the quiet voices drowned by propaganda—truth is a luxury they’ll never get to hold.
This isn’t just war anymore. It’s a ghost story told in headlines—a war without shadows, where death wears no uniform, and silence often screams the loudest.
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