The Russian president admitted that the mysterious attack showed that the capital's air defense umbrella needs 'work.'
is trying to downplay the recent drone attacks on Moscow because of his lack of retaliatory options, according to the Institute for the Study of War, while the response from the broader Russian political sphere has been"varied."—which Moscow has blamed on Kyiv but which Ukrainian officials have denied—appeared designed to boost Russian public support for the stalled invasion of Ukraine via"boilerplate" false narratives.
Putin suggested the attacks were designed to frighten Russians and provoke retaliation from Moscow, admitting there is"work" to be done to improve the capital's air defense umbrella. The president compared the attack to drone swarm attacks that have previously targeted the Russia's Khmeimim air base in Syria.
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