Putin signs decree allowing state seizure of businesses hit by drone strikes

The edict covers energy, transport, logistics and any facility deemed critical to national security, and can be imposed by presidential instruction alone. Experts called it "hybrid nationalisation," warning it would be used to seize assets from companies under the pretext of security failure.

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.

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

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

Ukraine hits Russian oil terminal in Krasnodar Krai, General Staff says  The Kyiv Independent

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.

Ukrainian defence officials claimed the latest wave had disabled seven of Wildberries' 10 largest hubs.

Aug 22 - Ukrainian drones killed at least six civilians overnight in a wave of strikes on Russia overnight that also hit a warehouse owned by online retailer Ozon and an industrial facility in the Samara region, Russian regional officials said on Saturday.

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

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russian drones struck a shopping center in the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine on Friday, killing at least 15 people and w

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