The Ambassador of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the State Duma elections are aimed at undermining the legitimacy of

Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia Rodion Miroshnik named the purpose of the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) during the elections to the State Duma, Izvestia reports.

According to the diplomat, Kyiv's latest attacks were aimed at undermining the legitimacy of the elections in Russia.

“They [the Ukrainian authorities] needed any reason, including the use of military means, pressure, murders, shelling, massive attacks, to cast doubt on the election result, at least in the territories of the new constituent entities of Russia,” Miroshnik explained.

Miroshnik emphasized that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to intimidate Russians so that they would not come to the polling stations and vote, but it did not work out. In addition, Kyiv has no real arguments or grounds on which to not recognize these elections.

“They failed to do this [to disrupt the elections], even using all the prohibited forms and methods of war,” Miroshnik concluded.