How are Russian newspapers reacting to the Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow?

When the economy fails, they take you to war. Its better that you die in a foreign land, than to protest and topple your own government at home.

Just another day when Russia threatens nukes.

Is it not allowed to put forward an alternative view in a newspaper? Or is Russian freedom of speech being a tad curtailed?

Violence and vodka. That's Russia.

They are made of paper, they cannot react or have emotions

Very interesting to see unified, State-controlled media parroting the same message again & again.

Sounds like a government release

Five years soon, Russia is barely a regional power and just wasting the future of their younger generations.

Nit: permissable -> permissible

So the average Russian has to ask themselves "if we are that effective in striking the Ukraine Military targets why are they able to hit back so hard"?

Fortunately Russians never read British newspapers full of hatred towards Russia people. Ukraine brings on many changes.

Press the button, press it. Trump and Putin can live in their bunkers.

If Russia, being that big and theoretically as powerful as they claim, why havent they wiped the Ukraine off the map?

Simply, Russia is nowhere as powerful as they claim with the exception of the nuclear option.

It is my personal thoughts/speculation that even thier nuclear option would be riddled with inadequacies. But because the nuclear option is so devastating by nature, that possibility would be relatively moot.

Russia needs to stop this war, and prepare themselves to save some semblance of pride.

Russia obviously needs to rethink thier strategies, because WW2 strategies are not fair or ethical to the russian soldiers. I feel so bad for them in this conflict! I cannot imagine the sence of moral on the front lines!

Playground logic . Meanwhile millions of Russians queue for hours to get petrol .

How bizarre! Russian security not under threat now they are being blown up, yet, they invaded Ukraine because they were under threat from the west in 2022. Toddlers talk more sense!

Trump signed agreement with Iran for lifting off all sanctions for them to sell oil, plus massive US investments in their oil-industry…
So how is this going to affect the Russian war (entirely sponsored by oil money) ? 😂

Hopefully, 200 drones over Moscow is just getting off to a good start. Orcs are starting to feel the heat, literally.

This is so bizarre. If u asked Russians what they thought of Ukrainian and Ukrainians a week before the SMO, they would have said, they are our brothers and sisters, we LOVE them.

Wow, all the Russian comments sound almost exactly the same. How is that possible?

I watch you every morning. You're doing invaluable work, Steve. Stay safe.

They need to bring the war to Moscow and St. Petersburg. The population in those cities have dodged the draft and the war. They are seeing the war up close now.

A perspective we don't normally get to t. Thanks!

Russias attacks are more effective but we're in the fifth year of the war with no end in sight. They can't be that effective then.

Sounds like someone has 'drone envy.'

As I hear from other sources, citizens of Moscow are confused about why Ukraine is striking their city. 🙄
Its a good thing now that they get a chance to think about it. Long range sanctions turn out to be thought provoking.

It is interesting that Russia thinks it can escalate and attack more successfully than Ukraine. I would take Zelensky at his word, he knows what the production cycles are for his existing weapons, and the new ones on the way.

Thanks! But besides yourself, does anybody actually read this drivel?

Thanks Steve, good to see that Moscow is getting worried

Delusional Russia, your words make me sick! Suffer for your lies and cruelty. No one outside your borders is fooled.

The people of Russia still don't seem to realize they invaded another country hoping to take it over.

WWIII is just around the corner.

Gold stars all round - and a special one for you.

Super Power, you say?

Putin's soul finally prevails in the papers, attacks are his ultimate effort to be perceived big, or at least bigger than 160 🤣
Poor old dwarfy senile grandpa, old insecurities floated up again.

One interesting thing about Russian psychology is that many of them don't mind that their own lives aren't better, as long as someone else's life is worse. Those headlines about Ukraine getting hit worse reflects that.

You see the same reaction in the U.S., “We’re the victim, not them!”, after starting a war.

Will Putin be attending the Iranian victory parade?

I find your readings of the Russian Press very interesting, a bit scary but also very funny.👍

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Putin's puny threats to Europe are like a frail voice echoing up from the bottom of a well.

summary: "we know we are losing but we have nukes"

Why people voluntarily omitted what Ukraine did to its own people in 2014 ? Maybe you would stop thinking Russia is the aggressor.

Thanks for this great service Steve.

Thanks for providing this insight into Russian media and culture. As someone Putin’s age, living in the west, I always considered my great-grandmother, born in Odessa, as Russian. She did, too. Yes things changed over time and yes the Russians were the aggressor in this war, but I do understand how they might (erroneously) feel Ukraine is still Russia.

There are no newspapers here in Russia, I'd rather call them toilet papers...

Yes the UK papers are saying its all over Ukraine has won Zelensky can take more money and coke to celebrate

Russian regime hypocrisy, pretending to be the victim in the war of aggression that they started.

The Russian army continues to advance. I notice you dont cover the actual fighting.