Frustrated Russians who’ve lived with attacks celebrated Ukraine drones strikes in Moscow: ‘Let them bomb the Kremlin’
Frustrated Russians living near the frontlines of the war celebrated Ukraine’s massive drone attack against Moscow, according tðo newly released calls intercepted by Kyiv.
After Kyiv fired 337 drones at Russia on March 11, with 91 flying over Moscow, residents living in the Belgorod and Bryansk oblasts appeared to rejoice that the Kremlin was finally coming face-to-face with the daily reality they’ve endured for more than three years, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR).
“So we can be fâking bombed, but Moscow Oblast is not? Let the bastards shut up and stay put!” one woman living in Bryansk said in an intercepted call, .
“They live their lives without fear, without knowing anything,” the caller on the other side of the line responded. “Let them be at least a little bit afraid.”
A pair of men in Belgorod were also ðīheard expressing their own frustration after their TVs failed to work during the droðēne barrage.
“Let them bomb the Kremlin,” one of the men said.
“To hell with them. Let them [bomb],” the other replied.
Another woman in the oblast said she was tired of the near daily drone attacks and said Kyiv should’ve struck Moscow sooner and spared the other regions.
“They should have targeted Moscow right away to make them take action,” she said, adding: “Otherwise, poor people are suffering, and Moscow is dancing and singing.”
“If they don’t take some measures, we’ll all be screwed,” she added about Russia’s defenses.
The March attack resulted in the deaths of two people in Russia, with MosðŊcow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin describing it as the âlargest everâ on the Russian capital, according to state-run media outlet TASS.
The intercepted calls reā·īleased by the HURð could not be independently verified.
The calls suggest that Russians living along the frontlines have grown infuriated over the ongoing war, with Belgorod recently coming under siege by Ukrainian troops.
Russia rejected a US-backed cðđease-fire proposal on Tueâ sday, saying Moscow canât accept the deal as it stands but is because it does not address their main demands.
âAs far as we can see, there is no place in them today for our main demand, namely to solve the problems related to the root causes of this conflict. It is completely absent, and that must be overcome,â Deputy Foreðšign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in a statement.
