Vladimir Putin. Photo: Kremlin website
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has claimed that damage from Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries is "not critical" but has said there is a need to increase the production of air defence systems to protect these facilities and improve the performance of units tasked with downing drones.
Source: Putin in an interview with Kremlin propagandist Pavel Zarubin, the transcript of which was posted on the Kremlin website
Quote: "As for strikes… on critically important infrastructure… of course, these strikes on facilities… do create problems, that is obvious. We are now seeing a certain shortage [of fuel], but it is not critical... There are several tasks we need to address.
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