Putin orders a program to rebuild Russian logistics and warehouse facilities hit by Ukrainian strikes, while insisting the damage isn’t ‘critical’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed a program to rebuild Russian logistics and warehouse facilities damaged by Ukrainian attacks, according to a statement made at a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects. The damage to these facilities, caused by Ukraine's strikes, is significant enough to warrant state involvement in their restoration, Putin emphasized.

"We need to keep in mind that restoring damaged facilities must be rebuilt at a qualitatively new technological level," the president stated, indicating a shift towards more advanced and resilient infrastructure.

Putin acknowledged that Ukraine's attacks on industrial and infrastructure facilities are negatively impacting the Russian economy. While he emphasized there are no "critical consequences" from these assaults, Putin noted that the damage is still being felt. "Of course, there are no critical consequences from such attacks — there have not been any, and there cannot be any," he asserted. "But they are certainly harming us — that’s obvious. We understand it, we see it, and we know it."

Ukrainian forces have been targeting logistics centers operated by the online marketplace Wildberries since July, with the total damage from these strikes estimated at hundreds of billions of rubles.