
Moscow's move is a "response to threats" from Kiev to target Russian refineries
Russia has announced plans to step up attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, calling it a response to Ukrainian President Zelensky's threats to strike Russian refineries.
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Russia threatens to intensify raids on Ukrainian infrastructure after Zelensky's statements on Russian refineries.
Russia plans to "intensify" its attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure, as a "response to threats" from Kiev leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who has spoken of increasing raids against Russian refineries: this was stated in a statement from the Moscow Defense Ministry.
“Following the statements made by Zelensky, attacks by the Russian Armed Forces against military and industrial installations, as well as infrastructure connected to them, in Kiev and other regions of Ukraine will be intensified,” the statement said.
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Intensification of Russian attacks on Ukrainian installations
Very likely · Within days

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