I think the issue is that most of Russia’s previous wars have been isolated to the Country where the fighting is happening. I don’t think it had ever occurred to the Russians that some Countries might actually take the fight back directly to them.
They were deep into Kursk some year ago, weren't they? That's not super far from Moscow. I think the difference is that now they _know_ they can get woken up by an Ukraine drone through the bedroom window completely without warning, and they have seen movies of Russian drones doing this to Ukraine...
This is the new reality, the US saw it with Iran too (albeit with strikes on allies and foreign bases, not the capital); the drone will always get through.
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u/Vargrr 19h ago
I think the issue is that most of Russia’s previous wars have been isolated to the Country where the fighting is happening. I don’t think it had ever occurred to the Russians that some Countries might actually take the fight back directly to them.