Putin threatens to intensify strikes on Ukraine to ‘take away its desire to attack our civilian targets’
President Vladimir Putin vowed to intensify Russian strikes on Ukraine in response to Ukrainian drone attacks on targets across Russian territory, making the announcement at a meeting with war veterans held to mark Russia Day.
Putin said Russia must “respond to them [the Ukrainian Armed Forces] as they deserve.”
And we are doing that. And we will intensify our strikes on the enemy’s infrastructure so as to take away its desire to attack our civilian targets.
In recent weeks, Ukraine has significantly stepped up strikes on Russian territory — not only in border regions, but across the country as far as the Urals. The main targets have been oil refineries, which Ukrainian authorities describe as legitimate military objectives, arguing that revenue from oil sales helps sustain Russia’s war effort. At the same time, Ukrainian drones have repeatedly struck residential buildings, leading to civilian casualties.
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