TASS reports President Putin said Russian retaliatory strikes have inflicted
serious damage on Ukraine and have pushed Kyiv to seek a ceasefire. He said Kyiv
especially wants strikes on Geran unmanned drones to stop because it has not
found effective countermeasures. Putin accused Ukraine of initiating attacks on
Russian civilian infrastructure and said Kyiv must now bear retaliatory strikes.
He questioned the purpose of Ukrainian strikes on e‑commerce warehouses operated
by Wildberries and Ozon and said Ukraine also attacked other infrastructure and
merchant vessels, after which Russia began reprisals in multiple directions.
