Peskov said that Putin would be ready to order not to attack on election day in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin will be ready to give instructions not to carry out strikes on election day in Ukraine if Kiev decides to actually carry them out, the Kremlin said. "The president has already spoken about it, but on his behalf I can say with full responsibility that if there, in Kiev, they really want to hold elections, then the president of the Russian Federation, the commander-in-chief, will be ready to give instructions not to harm Ukraine on the day of the elections, precisely on the day of the elections," said Dmitry Peskov, the presidential press secretary to reporters of the Russian Federation.