Russia plans to destroy Ukraine's critical infrastructure, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, said this on Radio NV, stressing that a difficult winter is ahead.

 "This will be one of the most difficult winters we have to go through. The enemy has plans to destroy our critical infrastructure. That is, it is not only about the energy sector, about electricity. It is also about gas pipelines," Danilov noted.

 He added that Russia will continue to commit crimes on its territory in order to blame Ukraine.

 "We do not rule out that Russia may resort to its usual actions on the territory of its country on its gas transportation system in order to blame our country for this," he added.