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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is outraged by reports that the lack of warnings from the U.S. about Russian ballistic strikes on Ukraine has resulted in civilian deaths. He said this while speaking with reporters on 20 October; the State Department press service published the video.
Rubio insists that the U.S. did not stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine and that "there was no deliberate political instruction or decision aimed at harming Ukraine."
The airstrikes, about which Ukraine did not receive warnings on 13 and 18 October, went unnoticed because of technical problems, the U.S. secretary of state says.
"I saw someone associated with the Ukrainian government say that people in Ukraine are dying because the U.S. is not providing them information. That is scandalous. It is outrageous. It is simply not true, it does not reflect reality," Rubio added.
Commenting on the situation with identifying the attacks, he suggested there was "some internal issue related to the ability to receive the provided information, systematize it, and respond to it."
"As far as we know, in the incidents that occurred on 13 and 18, it was a technical matter. It was not the result of any U.S. instruction not to provide advance warnings about strikes. We are still providing them the same warnings as always," the head of the State Department added.
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