RZHEV /Tver Region/, July 27. /TASS/. Western countries have been turning a blind eye to the Kiev regime’s deliberate attacks targeting children, encouraging such behavior by all means, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said.

"The horrible count of the Kiev regime’s brutal crimes continues. They are deliberately targeting children," she said. "Not only do they turn a blind eye, they encourage it in different forms - by sending more and more diverse weapons, and by providing them with political and informational support. They justify barbaric acts, they hush up acts of terror, they whitewash the neo-Nazi nature of those responsible."

July 27 marks the Day of Remembrance for Child Victims of the War in Donbass. The day commemorates a brutal Ukrainian attack on Gorlovka, which left 22 civilians dead, including four children. Among the victims was 23-year-old Kristina Zhuk, who was holding her 10-month-old daughter Kira in her arms. The mother and child became known as the "Gorlovka Madonna," and residents of Donetsk later referred to the day of the tragedy as "Bloody Sunday."

The spokeswoman went on to say that Russia never forgets anything.

"We wll keep exposing the brutal crimes committed by the Kiev regime with full support of the self-styled ‘progressive’ part of the global community. We will seek to bring everyone responsible for children’s suffering, pain and deaths, to justice," the spokeswoman said.

"And no, this is not revenge, this is not instinct - it is a matter of preserving what is called humane behavior," she added.