Russian president threatens more attacks if Ukraine continues ‘terrorist acts’ on Russian territory
President Vladimir Putin’s blitz of missiles against dozens of civilian targets in Ukraine, including critical energy infrastructure marks a major escalation as he tries to overcome a string of humiliating reverses. Picture: BLOOMBERG
The EU denounced the missile strikes as “war crimes”. President Emmanuel Macron of France said they reflected “a deep change in the nature” of the war. In recent weeks, Russia suffered its worst defeats since the early days its nearly eight-month-old invasion. Russian troops retreated as Ukrainian forces took back swathes of occupied territory in the east and south. Ukraine’s gains accelerated even as the Kremlin last month hurriedly annexed four regions it partially controls after staging votes condemned as illegal by the UN.
The attacks on Ukraine on Monday raised hopes among many who had called for an even more aggressive approach to a war that’s already killed tens of thousands and displaced millions. “Russian popular opinion demands massive attacks and the total destruction of infrastructure that might be used by the army of Ukraine,” Sergei Markov, a political consultant who often works for the Kremlin, wrote in Telegram.
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