Putin Faces Humiliating New Reality as War Hits Home

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine has begun to backfire at home as Kyiv’s attacks on oil infrastructure are leading to anger over https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-humiliated-as-russians-rage-over-growing-crisis/" rel="">fuel rationing and concerns about business losses.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky began intensifying drone attacks on Russian oil refineries in mid-June as part of a campaign to raise the war’s stakes for ordinary Russians more than four years after Putin’s full-scale invasion of his country.

Thanks to more than a month of attacks on https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping-scale-of-putins-humiliating-fuel-crisis-exposed/" rel="">refineries, fuel depots, and warehouses hundreds of miles behind the front line—including in Moscow—Russia is facing a fuel crisis the likes of which have not been seen since Putin’s rise to power more than 25 years ago, https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/russia-fuel-crisis-putin-ukraine-war-oil-refineries-crimea-rcna588921" rel="">NBC News reported.

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