SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan: Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite Ukraine's latest counteroffensive and warned that Moscow could ramp up its strikes on the country's vital infrastructure if Ukrainian forces target facilities in Russia.

Speaking to reporters Friday after attending a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Uzbekistan, Putin said the 'liberation' of Ukraine's entire eastern Donbas region remained Russia's main military goal and that he sees no need to revise it.