VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-22
“The Kyiv regime set out to damage our economy,”
Vladimir Putin · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22
Putin said Ukraine's strikes on Russian economic targets amounted to opening a "Pandora's box".
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