Russia withdraws air defences from front line to protect Moscow

[MarineCombatEngineer]

Russia has pulled an air defence system from the front line and moved it to Moscow to defend the Russian capital.

A new Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and gun system has been installed on a tower near Moscow’s main oil refinery, which was hit in a humiliating Ukrainian drone attack last week.

The deployment, a few hundred metres from the Kapotnya oil refinery, comes after Ukraine’s successful strikes on the city and reflects how worried Vladimir Putin is. The refinery, which produces 40 per cent of Moscow’s fuel, is just 10 miles from the Kremlin.

Despite three rings of air defence encircling the capital, it has still proven vulnerable to Ukrainian drone attacks.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-withdraws-air-defences-from-front-line-to-protect-moscow/ar-AA26fN2V?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=6a395acb06ab498fbaa1a472699b3157&ei=29

I know that The Telegraph is a right leaning UK news source, but this seems to be a pretty big deal and goes to prove that Russia totally underestimated Ukraine's ability to fight and are continually embarrassing Russia.

[dave99]

1. Glory to Ukraine !!

[gab13by13]

2. The Telegraph surprised me also,

I have seen several articles from it that I clicked on.

Ukraine is kicking Russia's ass, it is also building its own long range missiles.

Its strategy for taking back Crimea is brilliant, make the Russians there want to leave because Putin can't protect them.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. D'oh!

[GoCubsGo]

4. It sounds like they're about to go through something in Crimea, as well.

I'm hearing that Ukraine has told any Russians in the territory to get the hell out. They're mostly vacationers, and it's thought that Ukraine is probably giving them fair warning, in order to reduce civilian casualties for whatever is about to come.