The Russian leader spoke about improving his country's defenses against cross-border raids.
"Of course, there is nothing good in this," Putin said of the cross-border attacks, The Moscow Times reported."But in principle, one could have assumed that the enemy would behave this way, and one could have prepared better."
"This is a solvable problem," Putin said of the defenses."It would be better if this was done in a timely manner and at the proper level, but nevertheless this work is being done."reported that Putin spoke to the war correspondents Tuesday about creating a"sanitary zone" inside Ukraine near Russia's border to prevent attacks in areas such as Belgorod.
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