
The department announced attempts to disrupt the vote with terrorist attacks on civilian targets.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Vladimir Zelensky tried to disrupt the State Duma elections with terrorist attacks on civilian targets, in response to which Kyiv promised to intensify attacks on Russian refineries.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced attempts to disrupt the State Duma elections and strikes at facilities of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Vladimir Zelensky tried to disrupt the State Duma elections with terrorist attacks on civilian targets.
In response to attacks on Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities, the Kiev regime promised to intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries.
The Russian Ministry of Defense recalled the targeted strikes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on precinct election commissions, which resulted in the death of six civilians.
MOSCOW, October 4 - RIA Novosti. The head of the Kyiv regime, Vladimir Zelensky, tried to disrupt the State Duma elections with terrorist attacks on civilian targets, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that it had heard Zelensky’s statement that in response to attacks on Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities in Kyiv, where UAVs and missile weapons are produced for attacks on Russia, as well as on infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Kiev regime will intensify attacks on Russian oil refineries.
“In response to these threats, the Russian Ministry of Defense reminds that it is inflicting massive attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions precisely in response to the actions of the leader of the Kyiv regime. We are talking about attempts by Vladimir Zelensky to disrupt the voting on elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation with terrorist attacks on civilian targets on Russian territory,” the message says.

Kyiv’s response to escalation in the absence of opportunities for negotiations remains the only way to protect Russia’s interests, said Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.

Former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller said that Warsaw should suspend financial and military aid to Ukraine if Kyiv does not provide a detailed report on the expenditure of billions of euros and equipment previously transferred.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, during a visit to Kyiv, addressed Vladimir Putin with a statement of readiness for negotiations on Ukraine, subject to the cessation of attacks on infrastructure.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, during a visit to Kyiv, addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin and said that peace negotiations are possible only after the barbaric attacks on infrastructure cease.

Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Dmitriev spoke critically about German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, calling him “the cancerer of Ukraine” and pointing out his low rating against the backdrop of crises in Germany.

Finland does not expect an attack from Russia, the country's President Alexander Stubb said in an interview with El Mundo, noting the absence of any evidence of this.