Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine is trying to damage Russia’s economy and create public anxiety, but claimed that this effort would fail and that Russia’s power system has a very high safety margin. He also pressed officials to move quickly on fuel subsidies and supply measures, especially for Crimea and Sevastopol.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine is trying to damage Russia’s economy and create public anxiety, but claimed that this effort would fail and that Russia’s power…

He desperately sought to claim that widening economic disruption is 'temporary', denying that the Kyiv onslaught would break him.