[Putin: Will respond to Ukraine’s attack on Russian energy and logistics facilities] On October 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in an exchange with his country’s business community that Russia would respond to Ukraine’s attack on Russian refineries and other logistics and energy facilities. He said that Ukraine has been destroying Russian energy facilities. Although the attacks on a series of oil refineries did not cause actual damage, the attacks have not stopped. Uzbekistan was also the first to launch attacks on related facilities of e-commerce platforms. Russia will respond to the above attacks. Putin pointed out that the Ukrainian authorities should consider the consequences of such a move before cracking down on Russian e-commerce platforms and other facilities. (CCTV News)