Kremlin spokesman comments on Kiev’s terrorist attacks, IOC decision on Russia

MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed Ukrainian terrorist attacks on energy facilities, the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board to lift the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), and the domestic economic situation in his daily briefing on Wednesday.

TASS has gathered the key statements made by the Russian presidential press secretary.

- Ukraine has consistently demonstrated an aggressive attitude and a tendency to carry out terrorist attacks on global energy facilities: "We believe that the Kiev regime has consistently demonstrated an aggressive attitude and a tendency to carry out terrorist attacks against critical global energy facilities, which we believe is very dangerous."

- Russia is making every effort to minimize the threat of the Kiev regime’s attacks on global energy infrastructure: "Undoubtedly, we are taking maximum measures to minimize the danger of such attacks."

- Russia has repeatedly drawn Turkey’s attrition to Ukraine’s ongoing attempts to attack the infrastructure of the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas pipelines: "We have on many occasions drawn the attention of our Turkish colleagues to very dangerous activity by the Kiev regime and its continuous attempts to target energy facilities related to gas pumping through TurkStream and Blue Stream."