Russian President Vladimir Putin warns Ukraine of harsh response to any assault

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday warned Ukraine that there could be a harsh response if there have been any additional assaults resembling that on the Crimean Bridge.

Following are Putin’s remarks, translated by Reuters, on the opening of a gathering of Russia’s Security Council.

“This morning, at the suggestion of the ministry of defence and according to the plans of the Russian general staff, a massive strike was carried out with long-range high-precision air, sea and land-based weapons on Ukraine’s energy, military command and communications facilities.”

“If attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory continue, Russia’s responses will be harsh and, in terms of their scale, will correspond to the level of threats posed by the Russian Federation. No one should have any doubts about this.”

“Forensic and different information, in addition to operational info, point out that the explosion on Oct. 8 was a terrorist act. A terrorist assault geared toward destroying Russia’s crucial civilian infrastructure. It is apparent that the Ukrainian secret providers ordered, organised and carried out the terrorist assault geared toward destroying Russia’s crucial civilian infrastructure.

“A variety of terrorist assaults and makes an attempt at comparable crimes have been dedicated towards our nation’s electrical energy services and gasoline transportation infrastructure, together with an try to undermine one of many sections of the TurkStream gasoline transmission system. All that is proved by goal information, together with testimony by the detained perpetrators of those terrorist assaults themselves.

“Representatives of Russia will not be allowed to research the causes of the explosions and the destruction of the worldwide gasoline transmission techniques passing alongside the underside of the Baltic Sea. But everyone knows nicely the final word beneficiary of this crime.

Thus, the Kyiv regime, by its actions, put itself on a par with worldwide terrorist teams. With essentially the most odious teams. It is solely not possible to go away crimes of this type unanswered.”