According to the head of the Kremlin, previous strikes on Ukrainian thermal power plants and hydrotechnical facilities are a “restrained reaction” to “terrorist acts” by Ukraine.
Russian strikes on critical infrastructure< /strong> of Ukraine brought significant losses to both the state and ordinary citizens. However, the President of the Russian Federation believes that the de-energization of almost the entire east of Ukraine is a “rather restrained reaction” to the alleged Ukrainian attacks on Russia's border territory. In addition, Vladimir Putin threatened to increase the attack on Ukrainian civil infrastructure, reports the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Statements of the head of the Kremlin regarding the increase in the intensity of Russian shelling in response to “terrorist acts and attempts to damage the civilian infrastructure of the Russian Federation”, according to ISW analysts, are partly a response to criticism from Russian bloggers who accused Moscow of being unable to protect Russian territory and react adequately.
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More and more often, Putin is trying to “pacify” bloggers and voters, even at the expense of the Russian military and the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Therefore, in response to journalists' questions after the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the President of the Russian Federation stated that “recent sensitive strikes by the Russian Armed Forces ” are “warning shots” and threatened that more serious attacks could follow.
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