Putin, Scholz Focus On Destructive Line Of West Supplying Arms To Ukraine - Kremlin

 Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz drew attention to the destructive line of the West, which pumps Kiev with weapons and trains the military, during a phone conversation, the Kremlin said on Friday.

"Attention was drawn to the destructive line of Western states, including Germany, pumping up the Kiev regime with weapons, training the Ukrainian military," the Kremlin said in a statement.

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  Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the strikes against targets in Ukraine were Russia's necessary response to Kiev's provocations, including the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, the Kremlin said on Friday.

"It was noted that the Russian Armed Forces for a long time refrained from precision missile strikes on certain targets on the territory of Ukraine, but now such measures have become a necessary and inevitable response to Kiev's provocative attacks against Russia's civilian infrastructure, including the Crimean Bridge and energy facilities," the statement said.