Putins summer residence gets new air defenses as Ukraine steps up drone attacks

Putin's presidential retreat sits in the middle of the Valdai national park north of Moscow.

As Ukraine grows bolder in striking targets deep inside Russia, Moscow has quietly upped the security measures aroundcountry residence north of Moscow.

Satellite images have revealed that several Pantsir-S1 air defense systems have been installed in the vicinity of the presidential residence on Lake Valdai in Novgorod region.

The Valdai residence could be a high-profile target, as Putin is known to be spending time there during the summer. The palatial property sits inside a large government vacation resort in the Valdai national park, on a peninsula wedged

...leader Joseph Stalin, who had a dacha – or summer house – built in the area, according to the Russian Presidential Property Management Department, the body that manages the holiday complex. Nikita Khrushchev and Boris Yeltsin both enjoyed time at the residence, according to Russian state news agency Ria Novosti.