Putin says Ukraine's long-range drone strikes "cause economic damage to our country"

Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on civilian infrastructure were costing Russia financially, while insisting the conflict remained unchanged in its overall direction and that Ukraine could never gain the upper hand. His remarks, posted by a reporter for Russian state television, came as officials reported a fresh round of mutual attacks. Ukrainian authorities said at least seven people were killed by Russian missiles and drones in Kyiv, the surrounding region, and Zaporizhzhia. Russian authorities reported three deaths in Krasnodar from a Ukrainian drone strike. These events followed a Russian drone attack on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih that killed at least 16, and the report said Ukraine’s drone campaign has targeted Russian oil facilities and warehouses, causing fuel shortages and unsettling the Russian public.