Vladimir Putin on Sunday acknowledged that Ukraine’s intensifying long-range drone and missile strikes have pushed Russia into a “difficult period,” as Ukrainian attacks set fire to a major oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai and triggered fuel shortages across the country. Speaking after a crisis meeting in Moscow, the Russian president admitted that Kyiv’s campaign against Russian energy infrastructure had created “certain shortages” of gasoline and diesel, though he insisted the situation was not yet critical.

The strikes on the Krasnodar refinery, one of Russia’s largest fuel-producing facilities, killed at least two people and sent plumes of smoke over the southern region on Saturday, according to Russian authorities. Ukrainian forces have dramatically stepped up their attacks on Russian oil and military sites in recent weeks, aiming to cripple Moscow’s war economy and force the Kremlin to feel the cost of its five-year invasion. On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said cruise missiles had hit a defense plant in Volgograd, part of a broader push to expand long-range strikes against Russian military infrastructure.

Putin, addressing the ruling United Russia Party congress on Saturday, vowed to press ahead with Russia’s military objectives despite the growing pressure. “We will achieve all strategic goals,” he declared, rejecting what he described as a Ukrainian proposal to limit hostilities to four occupied regions. The Kremlin later claimed Kyiv had suggested halting deep strikes, a claim Ukraine has not confirmed. Meanwhile, Russian air defenses in Moscow were reinforced amid fears of further Ukrainian ballistic missile attacks, while authorities in Siberia imposed fuel rationing as shortages spread.

The crisis has deepened public unease in Russia, with long lines forming at gas stations and reports of black-market fuel sales in Crimea, where power outages and water shortages have followed Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure. Analysts warn that Putin’s acknowledgment of the fuel crisis marks a rare admission of vulnerability, coming as Western-backed Ukrainian drone production shifts closer to Europe. On Sunday, Putin held emergency talks with energy officials to stabilize supplies, though the damage to refineries has already forced some facilities to scale back production.

The escalation comes as NATO leaders prepare for a summit in Ankara, where the alliance’s cohesion will be tested amid divisions over military support for Ukraine. Poland’s intelligence chief warned that Moscow may deploy provocateurs in the Baltics to gauge NATO’s response, while former NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg described Putin’s invasion as a “strategic failure.” With Ukraine’s drones now manufactured in Europe and its strikes growing more precise, the war’s front lines are increasingly extending into Russian territory, reshaping the conflict’s trajectory.

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