The main task, he said, is to increase anti-aircraft defence capacity and ensure fuel supplies, particularly to Crimea. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Putin said the main task now was to increase Russian anti-aircraft defence capacity and to ensure fuel supplies.

He also said Russia needed to boost its air defence capacity to counter intensified Ukrainian drone attacks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russian strikes overnight killed two people and injured more than 20 in Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities have said.