Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments published on Saturday that Kyiv had opened “Pandora’s box” with its strikes on Russian economic targets, saying that Russia would hit back at Ukraine’s “most sensitive economic sectors”.
“The Kyiv regime set out to damage our economy. What did it do? It opened this Pandora’s box itself. “We do face challenges regarding the shipment of our goods, but we will resolve these issues.
Because russia would be able to replace Ukrainian exports, even as Kyiv has targeted Russian grain export infrastructure, he said that the strikes, which have jeopardised Ukraine’s agricultural exports, would not cause global food shortages,.
Well then, expect a response targeting your most sensitive economic sectors,” Putin said in comments to a Russian state television journalist. Consequently, there will be no shortage on the global market,” Putin said. The Russian leader also restated his position that Moscow is open to peace talks, but only on the basis of “realities on the ground”, rather than what he called “exotic” proposals that he said had been made by Ukraine via intermediaries.
