The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry released a statement condemning the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a market in the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region.
The statement said: "We regard the deliberate attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Tokmak city market in the Zaporizhzhia region, which caused human casualties, as a terrorist act. We resolutely condemn this barbaric act."
Yevgeniy Balitskiy, the Russia-appointed governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, said on Friday that a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle hit the city market in Tokmak. Balitskiy reported that five civilians were killed and 18 people were wounded in the attack.
The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry stated that the act is part of a long chain of crimes committed by the Kyiv administration and constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law. The ministry also offered condolences to the families of the deceased and wished a speedy recovery to the wounded.