Russia-Ukraine War: In order to increase his personal security during the war in Ukraine, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, moving around Russia in an armored train, the British “Telegraph” newspaper reported last night. According to the report, the Russian president is convinced that traveling by train is safer than flying by plane, because the plane can be tracked “more easily” and intercepted by many means.
The British newspaper also reported that the train is used by the Russian president to access his private estates, and boasts that the presidential train has work rooms and bedrooms and is loaded with advanced communication equipment. A Kremlin insider told a Russian investigative website that the construction cost of the train was estimated at $13.5 million, and that “after the outbreak of the war in February of last year, he began to actively use the train.”
Russian Army (Photo: VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / Contributor)
Also, the investigation of the news website Proekt claimed that “Secret train lines and three stations were built for Putin in his various estates in order to allow him to travel by train. Also, satellite images identified that a private station was built close to another official residence of Putin, in Novo-Ugryovo, nearby to the capital Moscow. It was also reported that a train station was built for the special train in the center of Moscow, with a special VIP terminal, which is surrounded by a wire fence and surveillance cameras.
In the meantime, last Sunday the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that according to data it received, Russia suffered the highest number of monthly casualties since February 2021. The average for the last seven days was 824 deaths per day, more than four times the rate reported during June-July 2022 However, Ukraine also continues to suffer from a high attrition rate. The increase in the number of Russian casualties is likely due to a variety of factors, among them a lack of skilled personnel, coordination and resources on the fighting front.
Soldiers in the Russian army during the war in Ukraine (Photo: Vertical)
An armored personnel carrier in the service of the Russian army in Ukraine (Photo: Vertical)
As you may recall, media in Russia reported last January that air defense systems of the Russian army were “urgently” moved to the residence of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. According to the report, “panic broke out in the Russian capital, after the authorities ordered to secure the building in Moscow and high-rise administrative buildings in the city center.”
According to the video circulated on social networks, the air defense system was deployed in the “Udintsov” region near the capital Moscow. Putin’s “bunker” is located about 10 kilometers from where the battery was placed. According to the report, it is a “Shell C1” type system, with missile systems and anti-aircraft guns on it.