In response to Vladimir Zelensky’s 40-day plan meant to put pressure on Moscow, the Russian troops have stepped up attacks on the enemy’s logistics and energy sectors, putting Ukraine in a critical situation, a senior lawmaker, Leonid Slutsky, told TASS.

“Warnings about red lines are long gone. Ukraine is systematically being cut off from weapons supply routes and risks facing its worst winter yet. And it was Zelensky who opened this 'portal to hell' for Ukrainians," said Slutsky, who chairs the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) International Affairs Committee.