Russia blames US and vows response for Crimea deaths, EU says reports of attack on Sevastopol with NATO-supplied missiles lack credibility

Russia has blamed the US and vowed "consequences" for a Ukrainian missile strike on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea on Sunday, which officials say killed four people - including two children.

Around 150 more were injured in the attack as missile debris fell on a beach nearby.

Russia's defence ministry said the missiles used by Ukraine were US-supplied ATACMS missiles, and claimed they were programmed by US specialists.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the strike "barbaric" and accused the US of "killing Russian children".

He pointed towards comments by President Vladimir Putin, who recently vowed to target countries supplying weapons to Ukraine. 

• An EU spokesman refused to condemn the recent terrorist attack against civilians in Sevastopol that involved US-made ATACMS missiles, saying the bloc views reports of four fatalities and more than 150 other casualties as lacking credibility.

Peter Stano, an EU spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy, said reports from Russian officials about Ukrainian actions and their consequences have "close to zero credibility and cannot be trusted" by Brussels.

He made the statement in response to a request from TASS to comment on the strike with NATO-supplied cluster munitions on civilians in Crimea.

The NATO headquarters hasn’t responded to a similar request from TASS yet.