Democracy Dies in Darkness

Unease deepens in Russia as Ukraine steps up long-range strikes

Experts said Vladimir Putin was unlikely to change course despite worsening fuel shortages and a sharp decline in the stock market.

Russian servicemen patrol Red Square in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow on Friday. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)

The Kremlin is scrambling to respond to an intensifying campaign of Ukrainian drone attacks reaching ever deeper into Russia, hitting key arms production facilities, destroying an ever-greater share of oil-refining capacity, and causing fuel shortages across the country.

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