Russia tries to glamorise newly constructed bomb shelters

The Kremlin yesterday released a bizarre video glamorising its newly built bomb shelters, as Ukraine continued its incursion into Russian territory.

Filmed in the popular Black Sea resort of Sochi, the clip features two young women smiling as they walk into a shelter – as if this is just another part of everyday life. 

It came as Ukrainian forces entered the third week of their military operation in Russia‘s Kursk region.

Concrete bomb shelters are being constructed on the streets of the city in western Russia and also in annexed Crimea, as Putin‘s government seeks to mitigate the threat of attack from Ukraine.

The Kremlin yesterday released a bizarre video glamorising its newly built bomb shelters

Filmed in the popular Black Sea resort of Sochi, the clip features two young women smiling as they walk into a shelter – as if this is just another part of everyday life

It comes as Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones across Ukraine for a second day on Tuesday, including some that Ukraine’s president said were shot down by Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets before they reached their targets.

The onslaught killed at least five people, destroying a hotel, homes and residential buildings as well as critical infrastructure in multiple Ukrainian regions.

The capital and other cities had power outages in sweltering heat.

As it often does in public statements after Russian bombing raids, Ukraine’s military listed the Russian regions and occupied territories where the weapons were launched. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials have called repeatedly for the U.S. to lift restrictions and let Ukraine strike deep inside Russia to hit military infrastructure responsible for the war.

‘(The allies) try not to speak with me about it. But I keep raising this topic. Generally, that’s it. The Olympics are over, but the ping-pong continues,’ Zelenskyy said.

He thanked Ukraine’s supporters for the F-16s but said there were too few of them and too few pilots trained to fly them.