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Putin says Ukraine opened 'Pandora's box' with strikes on economic targets
- Putin warned Kyiv had opened a "Pandora's box" with strikes on Russian economic targets and vowed to hit Ukraine's most sensitive economic sectors in response.
- This summer both sides have escalated attacks on economic infrastructure — Ukraine struck Russian oil refineries and warehouses, Russia struck Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea.
- Putin said there won't be a global food shortage because Russia can replace Ukrainian exports, and repeated that any peace talks must reflect "realities on the ground."
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