# Kremlin says Putin ready to order halt to strikes on Ukraine on election day

https://mins.news/en/item/96288

- TASS, 2026-10-12 10:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2200849

> Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that if Kyiv truly wants to hold elections, President Vladimir Putin is prepared, as supreme commander-in-chief, to order Russian forces not to strike Ukraine on the election day itself.

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