Putin's secret Karelian getaway brushes with drone threat
One of the drones used in a massive overnight attack on Russia was reportedly shot down about 100 kilometers from "Putin's dacha," owned by close friends of the Russian dictator, the Agentstvo (Agency) news outlet reported on Jan. 29.
While the exact crash location was not disclosed by Russian authorities, the drone was intercepted about 115-170 kilometers in a straight line from the Lagoda lakeshore in the Vsevolozhsky district of Leningrad Oblast, where the Karelian dacha is located on land owned by the Prime company. It is controlled by Putin's friends Yuri Kovalchko and his son Boris.
Locals usually refer to it as "Putin's dacha," as it is believed to have been built for his visits.
Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that a total of 104 Ukrainian drones had been shot down overnight.
On the same day, the Ukrainian General Staff reported the successful drone attack on the Lukoil oil depot in Kstovo in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, followed by massive fire. The operation was carried out by the Main Intelligence Directorate in cooperation with other units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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