Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia was compelled to launch strikes on Ukrainian energy sites in response to attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. Putin mentioned that the strikes were part of Russia's aim to demilitarize Ukraine and were a retaliation for assaults on Russian energy facilities. The attacks included the destruction of the largest power generating plant in the Kyiv region.
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that Russia’s ongoing strike campaign against Ukrainian energy facilities aims in part to devastate the Ukrainian defense industry. (🧵1/5) https://t.co/YlCmCQOkvT
Putin explains strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities The Russian military conducted a wave of attacks on targets across the country on Thursday https://t.co/1gDXb4Ghip https://t.co/BZ3OJHdp56
⚡️ Putin claims Russian attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure 'response' for strikes on Russian energy facilities. https://t.co/BN2pEEXO04
⚡️ Putin: Russian attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure 'response' for strikes on Russian energy facilities. https://t.co/BN2pEEXO04
👺 Putin boasts of strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, calls them "demilitarisation" https://t.co/npCzk62nEA
⚠️ PUTIN: RUSSIA HAD TO ATTACK UKRAINE ENERGY SITES IN RESPONSE TO KYIV'S STRIKES Full Story → https://t.co/NbOGY9lkmW President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had been obliged to launch strikes that have inflicted heavy damage on Ukrainian energy sites in… https://t.co/PhLacrrWQt
Putin: Russia was forced to respond to Ukrainian attacks "We had to respond to a series of attacks on the energy sector. Our country did not carry out such attacks in the winter for humanitarian reasons, so that hospitals and schools would not be left without electricity," the… https://t.co/cQJCTcnFYs
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces launched an attack that destroyed the largest power generating plant in the Kyiv region in retaliation for assaults against his own country’s energy sector. https://t.co/A6Cw5v4Xcr
Putin says Ukraine energy site strikes aim to 'demilitarise' country
PUTIN: STRIKES ON ENERGY SITES ARE PART OF OUR AIM OF DEMILITARISING UKRAINE
PUTIN, QUOTED BY NEWS AGENCIES: RUSSIA WAS OBLIGED TO STRIKE UKRAINIAN ENERGY SITES IN RESPONSE TO KYIV'S ATTACKS ON OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE