Drinking what appeared to be sparkling wine after an awards ceremony for 'Heroes of Russia' at the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin acknowledged targeted attacks by Russia but 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.
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'Yes, we do that,' the Russian president said of the strikes on the Ukraine grid. 'But who started it? There’s a lot of noise about our strikes on the energy infrastructure of a neighbouring country. This will not interfere with our combat missions'.

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