Polyansky: Russia hopes that the West will prevent the provocation of Kyiv with a “dirty bomb”

He stated this on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.

In his opinion, "the survival instinct works for everyone", including the representatives of the West.

Polyansky added that in the West, "of course, they perfectly understand what the Kyiv regime is capable of in the current situation."

“And I really want to believe that, nevertheless, they use the levers of influence on Zelensky and his team that they have in full,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow was aware of Kyiv's plans to use a "dirty bomb" for provocations.