Putin Says Western Sanctions Against Russia Set "Records" in Both Quantity and Futility as Moscow Condemns Ukrainian Drone Attack on Civilian Bus
On July 27, 2026, Putin told outgoing Duma deputies that Western sanctions set records in number and futility, mainly harming their own authors.
RUSSIA,POLITICS
Global N Press
7/29/20261 min read
On July 27, 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin told outgoing deputies of the State Duma at the Kremlin that since 2022 the West has been running its "Russophobic machine at full speed," setting world records in sanctions by two criteria simultaneously: the number of sanctions and their futility, with the damage primarily inflicted on their own authors and initiators. Putin noted that the West, unable to defeat Russia on the battlefield, has now turned to "open terrorist means" against the Russian people, and stressed that no one has ever been able to break the Russian people and no one ever will. At the same meeting, Putin also stated that Russia would act cautiously but persistently on the battlefield and achieve its goals, while cautioning that calls for "more bold" action in the special military operation are fraught with increased losses on the Russian side.
Separately, on July 29, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning Ukrainian drone attacks on civilian buses. On the morning of July 28, a passenger bus in Russia's Belgorod region was struck by a Ukrainian drone, injuring at least 19 people, and on the same morning, a passenger bus in the Donetsk People's Republic was also hit, with at least four people wounded. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that the drone operators clearly saw and knew they were attacking civilian facilities unrelated to the Russian armed forces, and that Moscow resolutely condemns these acts and urges international bodies to respond accordingly.
