Fighting between the Russian military and pro-Ukrainian partisan groups is still ongoing. This week their attacks were dominated by the Russia election at the weekend.

The military strikes were timed and understood as an “election method” “Ballots and polling stations are fiction in this case,” it says. Only with weapons can people improve their lives; those who do not accept poverty and tyranny must make “the right choice”. The Russian armed forces were well prepared for the strike with additional fortifications and trenches.