The Defense Ministry said it had heard Zelensky's threats and promised to step up attacks on Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it would intensify attacks on military and military-industrial facilities in Ukraine after President Vladimir Zelensky promised to increase attacks on Russian oil refineries. The Russian military added that strikes will be carried out, among other things, against facilities in Kiev and related infrastructure. Earlier, the Russian Armed Forces conducted a series of strikes on targets in the Ukrainian capital and the Kiev region. The details are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».
The Russian armed forces will intensify attacks on military and military-industrial facilities in Ukraine after President Vladimir Zelensky announced his intention to increase attacks on Russian oil refineries, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
— the department said in a statement on Telegram .
The ministry said it had "heard" the words of the Ukrainian leader and noted that these strikes were a response to the actions of the Ukrainian side.
"The people of Ukraine should blame only the head of the Kiev regime for this. It is Zelensky who bears full personal and political responsibility for this," the Russian Defense Ministry stressed.
The Russian Defense Ministry notes that Kiev tried to disrupt the September State Duma elections by hitting polling stations, which resulted in the death of six people.
The agency also recalled the attack on September 19-20: according to the Russian authorities, more than 1,600 UAVs were destroyed, of which about 450 were on the outskirts of Moscow, several vehicles reached the Moscow refinery.
In addition, the Ministry of Defense mentioned the June attacks on St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region during the SPIEF and the strike on Belgorod on October 3, in which a woman was killed and several people, including children, were injured.
What Zelensky said
Vladimir Zelensky announced the intensification of attacks on Russian refineries in an interview with Reuters published on Saturday, October 3.
— Zelensky declared.
Reuters notes that Zelensky's statements came after several days of strikes on Kiev, during which, for the first time in a long time, bridges over the Dnieper River, as well as the capital's energy and transport infrastructure, were targeted.
On September 30, the Russian Defense Ministry reported a massive strike that hit a communications center in Kiev, and in the Kiev region, energy facilities that operated military production facilities were hit.
In particular, the Ministry of Defense announced the defeat of the Kievskaya HPP in Vyshgorod, Tripolskaya TPP, the Kievskaya electric substation in Nalivaykovka and the battery storage park in Gorenichi.
On the night of October 1, the Russian military attacked the Rent Logistics transport and logistics center in Kiev, in one of its warehouses, which housed a workshop for the production of unmanned boats.
The next day, the ministry reported the destruction of the iron road bridge over the Dnieper River, which was used to transfer Ukrainian troops and deliver goods to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas. At the same time, the Kievskaya substation was hit.
On October 3, the Ministry of Defense announced a strike on Kiev's Northern Highway Bridge, which was also used for the transfer of troops and military logistics. In addition, at the same time, the Gostomel logistics center was hit in the Kiev region, where material supplies for the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stored. Strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on bridges led to traffic restrictions in Kiev and major traffic jams, the Ukrainian authorities and the media reported.
At the same time, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow still considers a peaceful settlement to be the preferred option, but so far it does not see the possibility of achieving it through diplomacy.
"We want peace, and it is preferable for us to achieve it by peaceful means. But while this is impossible, we will fight and we will fight backhand," the Kremlin spokesman said.
According to Peskov, separate agreements with Kiev are not capable of ending the conflict and a comprehensive agreement is needed for this.
Alexander Dubravin
