Putin's residence on Valdai in the Russian Federation is protected by 7 air defense systems - ISW

This is stated in the report on July 16, the American Institute of War Study (ISW). Analysts point out that satellite images show that Russian troops have concentrated at least seven SPOs of the Air Defense "Star-1" around the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Valdai of Leningrad region.

Ruslan Pukhov, the head of the Moscow Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technology and a member of the Civil Advisory Council of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, on July 16 stated that such aircraft coverage did not make sense, since Ukrainian UAVs to bypass the cover of Russian anti -air defense and strike untouched areas.

"Obviously, the Russian military lacks the necessary conventional air defense systems to protect all critical objects in Russia, and it is even difficult for them to cover important potential goals in well -protected areas in Russia," analysts say. Pukhov called on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to introduce an innovative decentralized approach to protect objects in Russia from Ukrainian drones and warned that they would probably fly even deeper into the Russian Federation.

The Russian military began to form mobile fire groups-decentralized groups that Ukraine successfully launched for protection against the strikes 'Ecties in the west of Russia. "The constant pressure on the Russian air defense system has led to the fact that some regional authorities have explicitly stated that Russian companies and local authorities cannot rely on Russian air defense at the federal level and should provide their own remedies with drones," the analytics said .

Pukhov suggested that the Russian military allocate a park of light aircraft to intercept Ukrainian drones, but noted that the low level of production of light aircraft in Russia would complicate these efforts. Recall that Ukrainian air defense can strengthen laser weapons. The British created a "very promising" project called Dragonfire.