This was reported by RIA Novosti.
According to Melnik, Ukraine has a "legal right to self-defense."
He also noted that "instead of expressing concern" Germany should "redouble its mediation efforts" regarding the organization of the meeting in the "Normandy" format and "put Moscow in its place."
On October 26, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian military had used the Turkish Bayraktar drone for the first time in Donbas.
Boris Gryzlov, Russia's plenipotentiary in the contact group for resolving the situation in eastern Ukraine, stated that Kiev is trying to provoke Donbass to resume hostilities.
According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russia is checking data on the use of Turkish Bayraktar drones by Ukraine in Donbass.