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Now they’re squealing over energy, as well as other facilities, including data centers. They started it. They shouldn’t have started it,” Putin said via video link at a business forum.  “Before taking this step, they should have thought carefully about the consequences,” he told the Delovaya Rossiya association.  His first public comments acknowledging drone attacks targeting Yandex and Sberbank data centers this month contradict the Russian Defense Ministry’s own (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/29656)  reports  that it began (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/29327)  striking  Ukrainian data centers last month.  At the same forum, Putin downplayed the impact of recent Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, including a (https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/15/ukrainian-drones-spark-fire-at-ryazan-refinery-as-zelensky-vows-to-resume-attacks-a93981)  fire  at Rosneft’s Ryazan refinery on Thursday.  “They hit here and there. 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