Due to Ukrainian drone attacks, Vladimir Putin is afraid to fly to Sochi – reported the Russian independent website Projekt. He also informed that satellite photos show that the main building of the Russian President's residence in this city has been demolished.
According to journalists, the main building of Putin's residence “Bocharov Ruchay” was demolished at the beginning of this year. This results from satellite photos analyzed by the authors of the publication. There was no official information about construction works at the residence.
The Projekt website indicates that Putin has stopped flying to Sochi, where he often visited in the fall and spring, for fear of Ukrainian drones.
The president has not been to this Black Sea city for seven months. A source close to Putin confirmed that the president fears for his life due to drone attacks in the area. Drones from Ukraine started arriving in Sochi last fall.
One Putin meeting in Sochi this year
This year, Putin officially held one meeting in Sochi, in March, with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi. Journalists believe that the president received him in another building of the residence.
The Projekt website also noted that the pilots of the presidential planes began to turn off their transponders during flights due to Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory.
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