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Putin Says Kiev ‘Opened Pandora’s Box’ by Striking Russian ‌Economic Targets – Moscow To Hit Back At Ukraine’s ‘Most Sensitive Economic Sectors’ (VIDEOS)

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Kiev was targeted by SIX massive strikes in the last 30 days

Kiev is starting to see shortages of a wide variety of produce in grocery stores and markets.

Early in the summer, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky announced a ‘40-day campaign of deep strikes in Russia’ to pressure Russians to end the war.

Like in the 2023 failed counteroffensive or the disastrous 2024 Kursk incursion, Globalist shills and the MSM were ready to claim that Ukraine was ‘now turning the tide’, had a ‘decisive upper hand’, and was even ‘winning the war’.

But what really happened was that Russian forces increased attacks on all of Ukraine, with combined missile/drone packages primarily targeting Kiev.

We saw massive strikes on July 19  and  29, and August 1, 5, 8 and 20.

Targets of the Russian strike in Kiev on August 20, where 70 missiles were reportedly used.

And now, besides the power generating and transmission on the brink, food shortage is another threat to the population.

Responsible Statecraft reported:

“The [Ukrainian] drone attacks have elicited the most severe Russian retaliation yet. Moscow has markedly stepped up its strikes on Ukraine, including one of the largest ballistic missile attacks of the entire war [August 20], at the precise time the United States and Europe are running low on interceptors to defend it. With Russia now attacking Ukraine’s port facilities and commercial vessels in the Black Sea, the country is being starved of billions of dollars of revenue, and its GDP could drop by as much as 1.5%.”

Some outlets estimate the drop at 2% of GDP.

“In other words, the ultimately unsuccessful Ukrainian drone assault is something we have now seen over and over again: Kiev embarks on an audacious, headline-grabbing military gambit; Western media and officials seize on it to claim the tide is turning; and then when the smoke clears, it turns out nothing has been achieved but an escalation of the war. Ukraine winds up battered even worse, and with less favorable negotiating terms on the table.

Aa It’s a consistent pattern: a combination of wishful thinking and misinformation does just enough to keep the idea of a military victory alive, undermining the chance for painful but necessary negotiations, and ultimately rebounding in ever worsening ways on Ukraine and its people. The major human, economic, and social costs for Ukraine of continuing war, meanwhile, remain invisible to much of the Western public, which is instead fed a recurring diet of headlines and rhetoric assuring it that victory is close at hand.”

Now, as the upcoming winter promises to be the most severe for the population, there’s another nightmare scenario: empty shelves.

The New York Times reported:

“For the first time since the initial months after the 2022 invasion, the city’s residents are experiencing shortages of a wide range of grocery staples because of Russian ballistic missile strikes on critical distribution centers.

‘It’s a nightmare, a nightmare’, said a Silpo shopper, Nina Kirichuk, 67, a retired hairdresser, her cart carrying bread and two kinds of herring. ‘I’m horrified. I wanted to buy sugar, but I looked and there wasn’t any. And there’s an entire section over there that’s completely empty. I didn’t even go in there. I don’t want to look at it and upset myself’.”

“Moscow’s missiles struck at least four warehouses for one supermarket supply company on Aug. 5, killing at least six workers and severely disrupting the supply of food to multiple store chains. The effects have been felt mainly in the capital, but also in far-flung places like Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine.

An orange sign written in white Cyrillic letter stands in front of empty store shelves. It explains in Ukrainian that products are missing because of a Russian attack, says they will be restocked.”

Putin: Ukraine opened ‘Pandora’s Box’

And what’s worse: the dire situation is apparently only the beginning, as Russia’s Putin is promising continued attacks on the Ukrainian economy.

Reuters reported:

“Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments published on Saturday ​that Kiev had opened ‘Pandora’s box’ with its strikes on Russian ‌economic targets, saying that Russia would hit back at Ukraine’s ‘most sensitive economic sectors’.

[…] ‘The Kiev regime set ​out to damage our economy. What did it do? It opened this Pandora’s box itself. Well then, expect a response targeting your most sensitive economic ​sectors’, Putin said in comments to a Russian state television ​journalist.

[…] ‘We do face challenges regarding the shipment of our goods, but ​we will resolve ​these issues. Consequently, ⁠there will be no shortage on the global market’, Putin said.”

Read more:

Kiev Didn’t Shoot Down ANY Russian Missiles in Wednesday’s Massive Strike – Ukraine Lacks Patriot Batteries and Missiles – Reports Say Trump Denied Zelensky’s Air Defense Request

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