Putin Says Kiev Must Understand Provocations Will Not Improve Its Position
The Russian president said Ukraine had been the first to strike Russian civilian infrastructure and should expect retaliatory strikes, according to TASS.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Kiev must understand that provocations will not improve Ukraine's position in the conflict, according to TASS, Russia's state news agency.
Putin was further quoted as saying that Ukraine had been the first to begin striking Russian civilian infrastructure and should therefore expect retaliatory strikes from Russian forces, the report said.
Single-sourced characterization of the conflict
TASS's report did not specify which particular incidents Putin was referring to, nor did it include a response from Ukrainian officials, who have previously accused Russia of extensively targeting Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities, since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022.
The report did not indicate when or in what setting Putin made the remarks, and it did not provide independent verification of the sequence of events he described.
Further details on the current state of the conflict beyond Putin's remarks were not included in the available report.
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