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Vladimir Putin guzzles champagne as he blames Ukraine for Russian's military strikes

Vladimir Putin guzzled champagne as he blamed Ukraine for Russia's military strikes while admitting the Kremlin has struck key civilian infrastructure.

"There's a lot of noise about our strikes on the energy infrastructure of a neighbouring country. Yes, we do that. But who started it?" the Russian president said at an awards ceremony.

Russian President Vladimir Putin put on a grotesquely grand dinner for senior Kremlin members to award Gold Star medals to Heroes of Russia on the eve of Heroes of the Fatherland Day in Moscow.

At the event, while speaking to Russian state media, he said that global criticism of strikes that have left millions without electricity and water at the start of winter would "not interfere with our combat missions”.

President Vladimir Putin (R) toasts with Russian soldiers (

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He claimed that Ukraine has committed an act of genocide by refusing to provide water to occupied Donetsk and also admitted to striking energy systems.

"Not supplying water to a city of more than a million people is an act of genocide," Putin said while guzzling champagne.

He accused the west of “complete silence” on this and of bias against Russia.

“As soon as we move and do something in response, there is uproar and clamour spreading through the whole universe,” he said.

Moments before the interview, he said to a room full of people: "Every fighter on the front line is a hero for me and for all our fellow citizens."

Also in attendance was Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, Member of the State Duma Valentina Tereshkova and Founder of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

On Twitter user wrote: "Wobbling, with a smirk and a glass of champagne in his hand, Putin confesses to a war crime - to deliberate strikes on Ukraine in order to destroy the civilian population."