RUSSIA UNFAZED BY THE ATTACKS
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said global oil prices may rise further if Ukraine continues to hit Russia’s oil infrastructure, Russian TV reported.
“If additional volumes of our oil are dropped from the market, prices will rise further from current levels, which are already above US$120 a barrel,” Peskov said. “That would mean that even with lower export volumes, our companies would earn more money and the state would receive more revenue.”
Moscow regional governor Andrei Vorobyov said on Saturday evening that a 77-year-old man had died in a village following a drone strike. And Sergei Sobyanin, mayor of the city of Moscow, said four drones were downed on their way to the Russian capital.
Vasily Anokhin, governor of the western Smolensk region, said three people, including a child, were injured on Sunday after a drone attacked an apartment block there.
Russian troops were meanwhile inching towards the city of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s top army official said on Saturday.