Peskov called the actions of the Russian Armed Forces retaliation for attacks on the peaceful economy

The actions of the Russian Armed Forces are retaliation against Ukraine for attacks on the country’s peaceful economy. This was stated by the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov.

According to the official representative of the Kremlin, it was Kyiv that decided to expand the list of goals in the peaceful economy.

What else did Peskov say about the conflict?

Putin's press secretary also commented on the Russian Foreign Ministry's statement that foreign citizens and diplomats who refused to leave Kyiv are deliberately putting their lives in mortal danger. In his opinion, the decision on their work in the Ukrainian capital remains with the countries that have their representative offices there.

At the same time, on October 2 it became known that Western countries had developed backup plans to move embassies from the Ukrainian capital in the event of an aggravation of the security situation. Thus, diplomatic missions can move to Lviv or eastern Poland.

In turn, speaking about the transfer of elite Estonian troops to the Russian border, Peskov indicated that Russia has all the intelligence capabilities to monitor the situation.

Russia has a new tactic for striking Kyiv

In Ukraine, in early October, they complained that the Russian army was launching unmanned aerial vehicles of various types towards Kyiv in small groups and waves. Such groups come one after another, stretching out the attack for hours.

“One of the goals of this tactic is to maintain a long-term air threat, deplete Ukrainian air defenses and force them to constantly respond to new targets,” Ukrainian experts say.

At the end of September, it was reported that Russia was the first to use a new type of drone against Ukraine - jet drones.

How Russia hit bridges in Kyiv

On October 2, the Defense Council was urgently convened in Kyiv due to attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on bridges in the city, which caused a collapse. The mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitaliy Klitschko, called the situation dramatic, and Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmitruk even talked about the blockade.

The deputy recalled that bridges are key objects in urban infrastructure and their importance goes beyond simple transport links.

On October 1, the Russian military struck the South Bridge, which is strategically significant not only for the capital, but for the whole of Ukraine. On the night of October 2, the Russian army again launched a drone strike on the road and railway bridge across the Dnieper in Kyiv. This bridge was used to transport military cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the Donbass region. On the morning of October 2, traffic on the Paton Bridge in the direction from the right to the left bank was also limited.