President Vladimir Putin said ​on Sunday (June 28, 2026) that Russia ‌needed greater anti-aircraft capacity ​to confront Ukrainian ⁠drone strikes on oil infrastructure, but added ‌that the country was coping well ‌with the ‌problems ⁠the attacks had caused.

“The ⁠first task is to quickly and significantly ramp ​up production ‌of those air defence systems that are most needed,” Mr. Putin said ‌in a ​Russian television interview.

He said Russia would ⁠not allow the Ukrainian strikes to detract ‌from Moscow’s plans to advance on the front lines of the more than four-year-old conflict.

“All ‌the strikes, wherever ​they hit our infrastructure, absolutely do not ⁠affect the situation on ⁠the front, on the line of ‌combat contact,” he said.