OREANDA-NEWS Attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Russian facilities are harmful, but there are no critical consequences from them. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, quoted by TASS.

The Head of State discussed this topic during the Council on Strategic Development and National Projects. According to him, a number of factors, including the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, affect the economic pace of development.

"Of course, there are no critical consequences from such attacks, there have never been and cannot be. But they are harming us, of course, it is obvious," the president concluded.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin spoke about the course of the special military operation in Ukraine. He admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces may try to carry out attacks to distract attention from the main task, which he called the final liberation of Donbass and Novorossiya.