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Ukraine drones strike Russian oil infrastructure, Putin downplays impact

Ukrainian drone attacks have targeted Russian oil infrastructure, including a terminal in St. Petersburg, as the conflict intensifies. These strikes are part of Ukraine's strategy to impose long-range sanctions and disrupt Russia's war funding. Despite significant damage and a growing fuel crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin has downplayed the impact of these attacks, framing them as distractions from Ukraine's battlefield losses. AI

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Ukraine drones strike Russian oil infrastructure, Putin downplays impact

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · The Associated Press ·

    Ukrainian drones target more Russian oil infrastructure as fuel crisis adds political pressure on Putin, who shrugs off attacks as ‘not critical’

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as part of Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions” against Russia.