MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. Vladimir Zelensky’s claims that Ukraine has purportedly brought back 1,600 children from Russia are yet another heartless lie, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing.

She also called the parliamentary elections held in Moldova a "cringe circus," with the vote becoming an "operation to rescue the Chisinau regime."

TASS has compiled key statements by the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.

About Ukrainian settlement

Zelensky and his Western backers have no political will to settle the conflict peacefully: "Regardless of the peace-oriented statements they make, their policy course is evident - it’s a course toward continuing [the conflict] and deliberately escalating the armed standoff with Russia."