After attacks on Russian soil, Vladimir Putin said Ukraine "will never gain any advantage"
“will never gain any advantage”
Reported August 22, 2026 by breakingnews.ie. Checked word for word against that report.
Responding to Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil, Vladimir Putin said Saturday that they were inflicting economic harm, but he insisted the overall course of the war had not changed. His remarks came as Russia and Ukraine continued to trade deadly long-range strikes. In Russia’s Krasnodar region, officials reported three deaths from a Ukrainian drone strike; Ukraine’s president said it also hit an oil refinery in Samara. In Ukraine, at least seven people died in Russian missile and drone attacks, including in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia, following a strike on a Kryvyi Rih shopping mall that killed 16. Ukrainian leaders say a shortage of American Patriot interceptors has allowed Moscow to intensify missile attacks on the capital.
- breakingnews.ie ↗︎22 AUG 2026