Putin’s New Decree Makes Russian Businesses Pay for Failing to Stop Ukrainian Drones

Putin’s new decree shifts more wartime responsibility onto Russian businesses, allowing the state to take control if owners fail to protect or quickly restore critical infrastructure.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed that the state can temporarily seize control of critical infrastructure facilities if private owners fail to protect them from Ukrainian drone attacks or rebuild them after the strikes.

Starting August 24, Russian authorities can place critical infrastructure facilities under temporary state management if their owners have failed to take adequate security measures. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the decree.

He said the state can temporarily take control of critical infrastructure sites if private owners fail to protect them from Ukrainian drone attacks.

Panicked Russians are facing lengthy fuel queues as Ukrainian drone strikes spark a severe petrol crisis, handing Putin a humiliating blow

It comes after Vladimir Putin's admission that Ukraine's drone attacks against Russian oil refineries are affecting the economy.

Russian President decreed the state can temporarily seize infrastructure if private owners fail to protect them from Ukrainian drone attacks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing the government to temporarily take control of critical infrastructure if private owners fail to protect it from Ukrainian drone attacks or rebuild it after strikes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed that the state can temporarily seize control of critical infrastructure facilities if private owners fail to protect them from Ukrainian drone attacks or rebuild them after the strikes

Putin decree lets Russia take control of infrastructure damaged in Ukrainian drone attacks  AP News

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing the government to take temporary control of critical infrastructure if private owners fail to protect it from Ukrainian drone attacks or repair it afterward

Russia is facing economic and political pressure due to months of escalating, deep and increasingly accurate Ukrainian strikes.

It allows temporary control of critical infrastructure if private owners fail to protect it from Ukrainian drone attacks or rebuild it after strikes

The drone in question was powered by a Nvidia minicomputer not sold in Russia but available through resale markets.

Ukraine has targeted Russia's second-largest online retailer Ozon with drone strikes on four of its logistics facilities, injuring several people.

A drone that killed three Ukrainian civilians, including a 19-year-old student, was flying with an experimental navigation system that uses artificial intelligence to hone in on targets. The Russian drone in question was reportedly attempting to target a gas station in an attack in Zaporizhzhia when it struck a wall. I

Ukrainian drone hits Russian logistics hub  CNN

Four logistics hubs in southern Russia were attacked as Kyiv expanded its campaign against supply networks it says support Moscow's military.

Ukraine strikes 2 Russian fighters, air defense assets in Krasnodar Krai, drone commander says  The Kyiv Independent

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least seven people in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone atta

The attacks come a day after a two-wave drone strike on a shopping mall in Zelenskyy's hometown killed 16 people.

Ukraine has launched drone attacks targeting a Russian oil refinery and a online retail warehouse, while Russia continues its campaign of missile attacks on Kyiv.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian drone hits home in southern Russia, killing two children and injuring their parents, officials say.

Ukrainian drones kill several, hit warehouse of Russian online retailer Ozon  Reuters

The strike is the first on Ozon so far, after weeks of attacks targeting its larger rival, Wildberries.

Russia and Ukraine continued to trade strikes on infrastructure facilities overnight, including Ukrainian drone barrages that hit an oil refinery and a warehouse of a major e-commerce company deep within Russia.

Aug 22 - The governor of Russia's Samara region said on Saturday that Ukrainian drones had hit an industrial facility, as well as a warehouse belonging to Ozon, a major Russian online retailer, in strikes overnight.

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 2 people a day after deadly shopping mall drone strike  Toronto Star

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as a double-tap strike and large-scale Russian strikes have become a regular occurrence this summer

At least 130 people, including 23 children, were also injured when the shopping centre was hit, according to the regional head.

Russian double-tap strike kills 16 in Ukrainian shopping centre  The Times

At least ⁠16 people were killed ⁠and more than 130 wounded on Friday when several Russian drones struck a shopping centre in central Ukraine, authorities said, with President Volodymyr Zelensky promising a response to what he called an “act of barbarism”. Regional governor ‌Oleksandr Hanzha said that 22 children were a

At least ⁠16 people were killed ⁠and more than 130 wounded on Friday when several Russian drones struck a shopping centre in central Ukraine, authorities said, with President Volodymyr Zelensky promising a response to what he called an “act of barbarism”. Regional governor ‌Oleksandr Hanzha said that 22 children were a

Russian drones kill 14 people at a shopping mall in a central Ukrainian city, officials say

At least 19 people have been killed in separate Russian attacks on Ukraine.

THIS is the moment a catastrophic blaze swallowed a "Russian Amazon" warehouse as Moscow launches a revenge attack. Footage shows the huge inferno at a Wildberries warehouse at Koledino just 40km from the Kremlin, early on Sunday morning. Thick-dark clouds of smoke billowed from the premise after Ukrainian drones oblit