One effect of Ukraine’s drone strikes – though Kiev denies it – on Russia is the building of a bunker in Moscow to protect top state officials. According to the independent portal Meduza, which cites the state shopping website, the Kremlin ordered the construction of a new anti-aircraft shelter for Russian leaders, a refuge in the Russian capital that was the scene of a drone attack in recent days, preceded some weeks first of the sensational attack on the Kremlin.
The bunker, which has an initial cost of 35 million rubles (almost half a million dollars), will be completed on December 20 of this year and will be set up in the Central Clinical Hospital, the one where senior Russian officials are usually treated. The facility will therefore be equipped with all types of medical equipment, including operating theatres. The project also includes the installation of a special communication system with the necessary technical equipment “to prevent the leakage of secret information”.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin continues his narration of the conflict, saying that there is no doubt that Russia will win in Ukraine. The Russian leader, reports the Tass news agency, spoke during a meeting with a representative of large Russian families, who, speaking about the conflict, declared: “I am sure that the victory will be ours, we will win. And our country in the last analysis, to be the guarantor of peace and security”. However, the British Ministry of Defense in the intelligence update posted on Twitter argues that “there is a realistic possibility that recent scathing rhetoric from nationalist figures such as Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner group, could encourage “Russian opponents to address” taboo issues “, how to open a discussion about replacing Putin as president of Russia. Opponents mention the case of Boris Nadezhdin who, participating in a television program, “called for the election of a new president in 2024, in order to restore normal relations with Europe”. And yet British Defense recalls that “in the last 15 months, Russia has introduced restrictions on freedom of expression the likes of which have not been seen since the days of the Soviet Union”.
Source: IL Tempo
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