The strike by Ukrainian armed forces on a bakery in Lisichansk is a monstrous terrorist act, precisely the kind of attack the special military operation aims to stop, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

"It cannot be called anything other than a ‘terrorist attack,’ the continued strikes on civilian infrastructure, in this case, on a bakery - is an atrocious terror attack and the number of victims precisely bespeaks the monstrosity of this terrorist attack," the Kremlin official said, TASS reported. 

"In order to prevent them [terror attacks by Ukrainian troops] from happening in the future, the special military operation continues," Peskov pointed out.

Nearly 30 people were killed in the attack that took place on February 3.