Striking the building of Ukraine’s Verkhovnaya Rada would serve no practical purpose because the country’s parliament does not determine its key decisions, VGTRK war correspondent and Hero of Russia Yevgeny Poddubny said in an interview with TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov on the Vesti program.
Poddubny argued that the parliament has no meaningful influence over decision-making in Ukraine, making an attack on the building pointless from a military perspective.
He said targets directly connected to military production are far more important. As an example, Poddubny pointed to enterprises producing drones, saying strikes on such facilities would have considerably greater significance than an attack on the parliament building.
According to the war correspondent, the Ukrainian side chooses targets primarily with the psychological effect in mind, seeking to provoke fear, irritation and panic among Russians. He said Russia follows a different approach, directing strikes against military facilities, industrial enterprises and energy infrastructure used during the conflict.
Poddubny described this distinction as a major moral advantage for Russia. He stressed that the purpose of Russian strikes is to weaken the enemy’s military capabilities rather than intimidate Ukrainian society.
Turning to the broader significance of the conflict for Russia, Poddubny said he considers victory a fundamental condition for the country’s continued existence. He also urged people to recognize the scale and seriousness of the conflict, even though many Russians do not directly encounter the consequences of the fighting in their everyday lives.