War comes to Russia to the surprise of Russians

 Daily Beast:

Russians Are Strangely Stumped About Why Moscow Is Getting Bombed

After six consecutive days of drone attacks on the Moscow region last week, one would think the shock of sudden late-night explosions might compel some Russians to consider what Ukrainian civilians have endured during 550 days of relentless Russian attacks.

Instead, some residents near the Russian capital have taken to social media to vent about the inconvenience of being woken up in the middle of the night, question why the “international community” isn’t coming to their rescue, and blame Ukrainian “terrorists” for targeting civilian areas. (Never mind that Moscow has repeatedly attacked residential areas in Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed drones.)

No injuries have been reported in the recent string of attacks, and Russian officials claim to have shot down most of the drones that they say caused only “minor damage” to a building in Moscow City and several broken windows elsewhere. Kyiv has not confirmed or denied involvement in the drone strikes.

Russian media widely covered the attacks, airing interviews with residents who showed off their broken windows.

“It was scary to go up to the window,” said one man recounting his shock to wake up and find his window shattered. “This is the first time anything like this has happened to me.”

Explosions Rock Moscow in Brazen Early-Morning Drone Attack

Separately, he told Deutsche Welle, “At first, there was panic. I thought the building had been hit by a shell.”

“It’s very scary. What if it hits the house next time?” another resident told DW, noting that she has a young child in the home. “Who would have declared such a war on us in Moscow?” she asked, unironically.

In a video that went viral, a well-known blogger complained about how rude it is for drones to be launched “when people are sleeping.”
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If this report is accurate it looks like many Russians are out of touch with the war that their government started.  "How dare you return fire?"  It could be likely that the Putin regime did not prepare the home front for the possibility of attacks.  

See also:

Ukraine strikes Russian riot police HQ in Enerhodar — video

The story indicates that the attack was done by "local resistance forces."  There have been other indications that some of the attacks a great distance from the Ukraine border are done from inside Russia.

And:

 UN investigators traveling to Ukraine to probe allegations of Russian abuse

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The trip is part of the ongoing effort “to investigate alleged human rights violations and abuses, and international humanitarian law violations and to meet with victims and witnesses.”
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And:

 The spiraling cost of war means growing economic pain for Russia

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Russia’s exports are still greater than the value of its imports, despite a boost to the latter from the hefty military spending. But that surplus fell by 85% in the first half of the year, compared with the same period in 2022, bringing the country dangerously close to a deficit.

Countries running such a “current account” deficit usually rely on inflows of foreign capital. But that’s less of an option for Moscow, because of sanctions, Liam Peach, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics, told CNN.

“Russia cannot borrow from abroad, it’s locked out of Western capital markets,” Peach said.

In addition, Russia also can’t tap into the large share of its central bank’s foreign exchange reserves that are frozen in the West. That means it could be forced to curtail imports.

The rapidly vanishing surplus has contributed to the ruble’s depreciation, according to the Russian central bank. The currency has lost more than 30% of its value this year, weakening past 100 rubles to the dollar earlier this month.
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And:

 Poland, Latvia, Lithuania may close borders with Belarus if “critical incident” occurs

The Eastern European countries want the Wagner Group to leave Belarus.

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 ISW reports that Russia has been slowly replenishing its stock of long-range missiles. 

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...Russian forces launched a new air campaign in May 2023 focused on maintaining a more regular pace of strikes against Ukraine with fewer missiles, and Skibitskyi suggested that this allowed Russian forces to replenish their stocks.[13] Ukrainian officials have previously reported that Russia is able to produce roughly a hundred missiles across various types per month, and this has likely allowed Russian forces to either maintain or marginally replenish their stocks during the summer air campaign.[14] Skibitskyi stated that Russian defense enterprises are struggling to produce several dozens of specific types of missiles a month due to foreign component shortages.[15]
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