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With Ukrainian drone attacks continuing to force temporary shutdowns of Russian airports, one Russian paper today reports that “Russians have started to use fortune telling cards to tell them what date they should fly off on holiday.” #ReadingRussia

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One Russian paper today writes Ukrainian drone strikes “aim to create a sense of crisis among Russians.” In Crimea “the sale of fuel to the public is suspended.” Another paper: Russia’s offensive in Ukraine will go on: “for that we will always have enough fuel.” #ReadingRussia

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173,083 views • 10 days ago

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182,563 views • 2 months ago

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What the Russian papers are saying about the massive Ukrainian drone strike: one paper calls it “audacious”, another: “one of Ukraine’s largest aerial attacks.” “It’s increasingly difficult to cut the flow of weaponry to the Ukrainian army,” concedes another. #ReadingRussia

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A Russian woman complains she can't fly out of Moscow. Airports are in collapse with flights delayed 8-10 hours and people sleeping wherever they can due to Ukrainian drone attacks.
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A Russian woman complains she can't fly out of Moscow. Airports are in collapse with flights delayed 8-10 hours and people sleeping wherever they can due to Ukrainian drone attacks.

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One Russian paper today: “In many Russian regions there are restrictions on the sale of petrol.” Another reports that, in Crimea, hotel bookings are “down 31%...& hotel cancellations double due to the fuel crisis.” #ReadingRussia

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Russian Telegram channels report a drone attack on a Russian port in Tuapse. There are also reports that airports of Russian cities Saratov, Penza, Samara, Tambov, Kaluga and Ufa have been fully or partially closed during the night due to drone attacks in the corresponding areas.
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