‘We Were Mistaken’: Putin Admits Russia Was Unprepared for Ukrainian Strikes on Oil Refineries

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Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that Russia "was wrong when it estimated that its oil refineries would not become targets, while Ukrainian drone attacks deepened a fuel crisis that forced Moscow to resort to imports of gas from abroad.

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Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said that Russians should be prepared for the fact that gasoline shortages may persist for a long time. The cause of the fuel crisis was, in particular, Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries. This is reported by The Moscow Times. Putin, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum, admitted that the Russian authorities were not ready for a series of attacks on energy infrastructure. He noted that the Kremlin mistake…