MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/. In the run-up to the legislative elections in Russia, Ukraine has intensified its terrorist activities, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said.

"Ukraine is delivering strikes on polling stations. Recently, a member of a territorial [election] commission was killed," he said.

"We also have documented facts of strikes on areas where polling stations are located, or where they were supposed to be located," the diplomat continued. "We are witnessing an escalation in tensions. We see every attempt to block the elections, to lay siege to these cities, to force our election commissions and local authorities to organize the vote using alternative methods."

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