The State Duma called the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Leningrad region a terrorist act.

The attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on St. Petersburg is a terrorist act. Andrei Kolesnik, a member of the State Duma's defense committee, said this on Wednesday, March 25.

"The raid on St. Petersburg is a terrorist act, for which the entire chain that participated in this story will be responsible," the deputy said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

Necessary pincers: Russian troops surround the last stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbass

The divisions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation cover the agglomeration of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk from the east, south and north

Earlier in the day, it became known about the introduction of time restrictions on flights at Pulkovo airport, RT reports. They were later removed, according to 360.ru .

On the same day, Scott Ritter, a former US Marine Corps intelligence analyst and ex-inspector of weapons of mass destruction at the UN Special Commission on Iraq, said that the attacks on Moscow and St. Petersburg carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were caused by Kiev's awareness of its loss.

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