Expert: – Many are now beginning to doubt Putin’s ability to govern

– Putin is trying to distance himself from the criticism against the regime now, NUPI researcher Jakub Gudzimirski tells TV 2.

This week several military targets were hit by drone attacks carried out by Ukraine, according to Russia.

On Monday, two air bases deep in Russia were attacked, among them The main base for strategic bombers. On Tuesday, a Russian airport in the Kursk region was attacked by a drone.

– They simply did not take it seriously to protect themselves from this kind of threat, even on a very strategically important target, said Air Force expert Lars Peder Haga. TV 2 Tue.

Unable to protect

Gudzimirsky believes that while the drone strikes did not cause much destruction, they did symbolic damage to Putin.

– The NUPI researcher explains that they are unable to protect themselves.

The Russian expert believes that the drone attacks make Russian President Vladimir Putin think a little.

– Putin has already made many mistakes. The biggest one was going to war against Ukraine. Gudzimirski says he was guilty of many things, which means many are now beginning to doubt his judgment.

War resistance It begins to grow in Russia. Ina Sangadjieva of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee believes that it will be more difficult for Russia’s propaganda machine to defend the war, because those who send propaganda now themselves do not believe in it.

Soviet drones

Kyiv has launched drone attacks on military airfields deep in Russia with Soviet-era jet-powered drones, Komsomolskaja Pravda newspaper wrote on Tuesday.

On the same day, Russian newspapers BBC Putin criticized the lack of air defenses and held a meeting with the National Security Council.

According to very short Minutes On the Kremlin’s website, meeting participants discussed the state’s internal security measures.

It creates fear

– What is causing fear and confusion now is that you don’t know how far drones can fly. Can they hit Moscow? It also creates a lot of uncertainty that Ukraine has shown willingness to go to the step of attacking Russia, Gudzimirsky tells TV2.

He is amazed that Russia has not secured itself better to prevent attacks on military bases on Russian soil.

It’s amazing for Putin that his people couldn’t stop the attack before it happened. Putin knows he’s at war, at war, and loves everything legal, says the NUPI researcher.

New drone attacks

On Thursday morning, several reports of explosions were received in Belgorod and Sevastopol in Crimea.

to me Redovka A ship of the Black Sea Fleet shot down a Ukrainian drone over Sevastopol. The Russian website wrote that Belbek Air Base, Russia’s largest military airport in Crimea, was attacked by drones three days in a row.

Russian authorities warn of Ukrainian attacks on Crimea. In a statement on Thursday, the Kremlin described the Ukrainian attacks as “terrorist attacks”.

– There is definitely a danger because the Ukrainian side continues to organize terrorist attacks. But on the other hand, the information we are receiving indicates the implementation of effective countermeasures, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

shoot down missiles

According to international law, Crimea is Ukrainian, but it has been occupied by Russia since 2014. Russia now considers the peninsula part of its territory after annexing the region shortly after the occupation.

In the Belgorod region, Russian air defense has shot down several missiles in recent days, he writes Redovka.

On Thursday morning, videos on messaging service Telegram showed thick black smoke billowing into the air after explosions in a Russian village in the Jakovlevo region about 50 kilometers from the border. to me Moscow Times Russian military sites were subjected to Ukrainian attacks.