Putin Reportedly Flees Moscow Beyond Urals as Russia Says It Downed 822 Ukrainian Drones
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 16
Putin Reportedly Flees Moscow Beyond Urals as Russia Says It Downed 822 Ukrainian Drones
2 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Aug 16
Summary
Independent Russian outlet Mozhem Obyasnit reported Putin has shifted away from Moscow to Siberia and the Far East as Ukrainian drone attacks on the capital intensify.
Novosibirsk trip details underscored the security concerns: Putin reportedly used a decoy plane, and residents along his motorcade route were ordered to stay indoors.
Sunday’s assault on Moscow killed an 83-year-old man and injured several others after drones hit a Wildberries warehouse in Podolsk, according to regional officials.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it shot down 822 Ukrainian drones, while Kyiv has targeted Wildberries as economic infrastructure it says also supports Russia’s war effort.
The pressure comes as former Kremlin-linked economist Andrei Klepach warned Russia is losing a war of attrition economically and technologically; he was fired days after the remarks surfaced.