“No one should have any doubts about it,” he told Russia’s Security Council by video. Putin vowed a “tough” and “proportionate” response if further Ukrainian attacks threaten Russia’s security. Putin alleged the bridge attack was masterminded by Ukrainian special services. Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces targeted key energy infrastructure and military command facilities with "precision weapons" in retaliation for what he claimed were Kyiv's "terrorist" actions - a reference to Ukraine's attempts to repel Moscow's invasion, including an attack Saturday on a key bridge between Russia and the annexed Crimean Peninsula. Power outages also often deprive residents of water, given the system’s reliance on electricity to run pumps and other equipment.Īndriy Yermak, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the strikes had no “practical military sense” and that Russia’s goal was to cause a “humanitarian catastrophe.” The attacks plunged much of the country into a blackout, depriving hundreds of thousands of people of electricity into Monday night and creating a shortage so severe Ukrainian authorities asked people to conserve and announced they will stop power exports to Europe starting Tuesday.
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