Putin Issues Warning to Kiev, Its ‘Instigators’

Date: 04 July 2026 - 22:54

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MOSCOW (Dispatches) -
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow will do “everything necessary” to protect Russian civilians and infrastructure, warning Kyiv that its terrorist attacks will only result in a deeper security zone along the border – and cautioning Ukraine’s sponsors about possible “big decisions” in the future.
The commander-in-chief visited an auxiliary command post alongside top military commanders and Defense Ministry officials on Friday, where he was briefed on the advance of the Russian army in Donbass, including the liberation of Konstantinovka, which had been one of Kyiv’s key strongholds.
Putin expressed confidence that Russia would win no matter what, after one of the commanders told him that “victory will be ours.” He noted that the commanders of the Russian armed forces “must act rhythmically and rationally, doing everything necessary to preserve the lives of our soldiers and ensure the unconditional fulfillment of combat tasks.”
“The boastful statements of the leaders of the Kyiv regime about successes are essentially in our favor,” Putin added, noting that “their actions and statements undoubtedly disorganize both themselves and their sponsors.”
However, to prop up their “fictitious successes on the battlefield” and “bolster their legends and lies,” the Kyiv may take certain actions of a “diversionary-terrorist nature,” he warned.
Putin also accused Kyiv and the “so-called European pseudo-peacekeepers” of confirming Moscow’s assumptions about their true intentions, arguing that their goal is “not peace, but the continuation of the war with Russia to the last Ukrainian.”
The president wondered whether Kyiv’s European backers were now openly encouraging strikes on Russian civilians, after praising its “innovative” use of drone technologies in a joint Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) declaration in early June.
“Does this mean they also have in mind strikes on our civilian sites, civilian infrastructure, transport carrying civilians and children, and student dormitories?” Putin said.
Putin said Russia would respond accordingly and ordered the military to continue massed and group strikes on Ukraine’s military-industrial infrastructure and facilities supporting its operation.
“The more strikes the opponent attempts to deliver against our civilian sites… the larger the safety zone we will have to create in the adjacent territory. Moreover, this territory, like the others we are discussing today, is also historically Russian land,” Putin warned.
The Russian president also issued a veiled warning to Kyiv’s NATO backers and “instigators of war,” ordering the military to analyze their direct involvement in combat actions on the ground.
“This analysis is necessary for us to make possible big decisions in the future,” Putin stated.
On Saturday, a Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg, Russian officials said, as Kyiv presses on with bombardment of Russia’s oil infrastructure.
Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as the war stretches into its fifth year.