"Whoever, and however much they try to destroy, they will face many times more destruction themselves and will regret what they are trying to do in our country," Putin said on Dec. 22.

Explosions have occurred at a local gunpowder plant in Kazan after a raid by Ukrainian drones, the administration of the Kirovsky and Moskovsky districts of

After a drone strike on Kazan on 21 December, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin threatened Ukraine with "even greater destruction," omitting the devastation caused by Russian forces in Ukraine over nearly three years of the full-scale war.

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Russian president says Kyiv will ‘regret’ attacking city home to key factories producing weapons for the Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed to bring more “destruction” to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier. Russia accused Ukraine of a “massive” drone attack that hit a luxury apartment block in the city, some 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier.

Ukrainian drones struck a major Russian fuel depot for the second time in just over a week on Sunday, according to a senior Russian regional official, as part of a “massive” cross-border attack on fuel and energy facilities that Kyiv says supply Moscow’s military.

Footage circulating on social media also appears to show an explosion at the Stalnoy Kon oil terminal in Oryol.