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Putin's Black Sea Retreat Demolished as Russian Leader Fears Visiting (www.newsweek.com)

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Part of Vladimir Putin's summer residence has been demolished with the Russian leader seemingly increasingly reluctant to visit the property on the Black Sea because of the dangers posed by Ukrainian drone attacks

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[–] saltesc 19 points 1 week ago

Ohh, a residential retreat, not a military one. They did that for clicks and algorithms.

[–] paddirn 18 points 1 week ago

Good, live in fear.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Aw widdle piss baby scared?

The outlet said that up until the end of first year of the war, the aircraft he traveled on could be monitored using live flight tracker Flightradar24. Since September 2023, planes used by Putin have been hiding their location amid repeated strikes by Ukrainian drones on Russian territory.

[–] someguy3 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Independent Russian investigative outlet Proekt (Project) said satellite imagery shows that the main building of the Bocharov Ruchey property in Sochi had been demolished in February and March, leaving a pit and construction equipment in its place.

Completed in 1955, Bocharov Ruchey is in the Tsentralny district of Sochi, and has played host to visits by numerous world leaders.

It is located around 160 miles south of what has been dubbed "Putin's palace," a $1 billion site which came to widespread public attention in 2021 in a film by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny's Anti Corruption Foundation (FBK).