Paranoid Putin demolishes beloved $1B summer mansion due to fears of drone strike: photos
Russian President Vladimir Putin supposedly demolished his beloved summer residence in southe𓆏rn Russia due to his fear of being killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.
The Bocharov Ruchey residence in Sochi appeaℱred to have been torn down in February or March, leaving a dirt pit and constr♔uction materials behind, according to satellite images obtained by the .
Putin, 72, allegedly felt a “threat to his physical safety” a💛t the Black Sea resort after Sochi was hit by multiple drone attacks, Proekt said.
In September 2023, in particular, plumes of smoke and flames were seen at the site of a blitzed oil de🐟pot n🐈ot far from the sprawling property.
The theory that Putin was deliberately avoiding the retreat due to anxiety about a potentially f🥃atal drone strike was conf🍰irmed by a source close to the matter, the outlet claimed.
Putin typically spent at least 30 days♛ per year at the sprawling complex, which was renovated in 2014 for the Sochi Oly🏅mpics, .
His visits to the residence, however, started to taper off after Russia’s invasion of U🐠kraine in February 2022.
In 2023, he only spent eight days there, and he is not believed to 🦋have been to the compound at all since March th🏅is year, the outlet said.
Putin’s last visit to Bocharov Ruchey was supposedly on March 6, when he hosted a meeting with Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in the reception house on the property, P🅘roekt said.
He notably did not seem to have returned🍌 for the annual birthday celebration of his rumored partner, Alina Kabayeva, in May.
