Putin tells Russian companies: Shoot down Ukrainian drones or we'll seize your assets

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

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.

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.

Ukrainian strike damages MiG-29 fighter jet at Russian air base  The Kyiv Independent

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

Romania has said that two Spanish F-18 jets were scrambled after an aerial target was detected near its border with Ukraine.

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

MOSCOW, Aug 24 - President Vladimir Putin on Monday handed the Russian state the power to take control of critically important infrastructure if it is deemed to be poorly protected from Ukrainian drone attacks and other threats.

Putin allows Russia to take control of infrastructure deemed vulnerable to drone attacks  Reuters

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

Ukrainian drone hits Russian logistics hub  CNN

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) struck multiple high-value Russian military targets across the Rostov and Krasnodar regions and occupied Crimea, Commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi reported. The strikes engaged 11 out of 14 targets, including a Su-33 and a MiG-29 fighter jet in Vityazevo, an S-400 division in Gele

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.

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.

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