# Expert: Kyiv sought to destabilize Russia with election-day attacks

https://mins.news/en/item/67876

- TASS, 2026-09-21 19:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2190799

> Former Ukrainian Security Service officer Vasily Prozorov told TASS that Kyiv carried out attacks during the State Duma elections to stir internal instability in Russia. He said strikes on civilians and non-military infrastructure had no military purpose, but aimed to create fear and negative sentiment, which he characterized as terrorism.

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