Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to keep battering Ukraine’s energy grid despite an outcry against the systematic attacks that have plunged millions into the cold and dark as winter sets in, AFP reports.
He instead blamed Ukraine for initiating a trend of attacking civilian infrastructure, pointing to a blast on a key bridge between the Russian mainland and the annexed Crimean peninsula that he recently visited.
“There’s a lot of noise about our strikes on the energy infrastructure of a neighboring country. This will not interfere with our combat missions,” Putin said at a military awards ceremony in the Kremlin.
{Matzav.com}
