Putin stays silent after catastrophic strikes on Russian soil
Vladimir Putin has remained silent for over a day following a series of incidents in Russia. These incidents began in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, where railway bridges were blown up, and continuing with unprecedented strikes on Russian strategic air force bases by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Putin did not comment on the railway events that occurred on Saturday, which resulted in seven fatalities and over 100 injuries. To recap, two bridges in the Kursk and Bryansk regions of Russia collapsed due to explosions. The Russian investigative committee classified both cases as acts of terror.
The dictator is silent. A series of humiliating blows
The Russian leader also did not comment on the attacks on airbases in theMurmansk, Irkutsk, Ryazan, and Ivanovo regions. During these attacks, according to the Security Service of Ukraine, at least 41 strategic bombers were destroyed.
On Monday, the Kremlin's press office released a message in which Putin congratulated on the 70th anniversary of the Baikonur Cosmodrome – he did not mention any of the recent events.
Laconic statement from the Russian Ministry of Defence
The Moscow Times reported that even the usually outspoken Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, was uncharacteristically reticent. He previously twice threatened Kyiv and the West with nuclear war at the end of May.
State Duma deputies have remained silent, and the Russian Ministry of Defence made only a brief statement, acknowledging merely "fires in several pieces of equipment."
The head of the Russian delegation for negotiations with Kyiv, Vladimir Medinsky, also did not comment on the incident. On Sunday evening, shortly after landing in Istanbul, he told the RIA Novosti agency he was in "good spirits."
The attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the strategic air force bases was described by Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of St Andrews, Phillips O’Brien, who told "The Times" it was "the most remarkable and successful operation of the war so far."
This is a big blow to Russian strategic air power, which is hard to overestimate. We do not know what the Russian reaction will be, however we can assume it will be violent, O’Brien said to "The Times".
