Russia’s triumphant tone shifts as Ukraine deploys ‘asymmetrical tactics’
Key takeaways
- Putin wobbles as Russia’s top brass stays mum on Kyiv’s long-range strikes, which analysts say look set to continue.
- Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYBy Mansur MirovalevPublished On 3 Jul 20263 Jul 2026The overpriced gas Anatoly has been buying in recent weeks in Moscow will ruin his white Kia’s engine.
- “It’s low-quality,” the taxi driver told Al Jazeera withholding his last name for security purposes.
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Putin wobbles as Russia’s top brass stays mum on Kyiv’s long-range strikes, which analysts say look set to continue.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazi German invasion into the Soviet Union in World War II, on the Remembrance and Sorrow Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia June 22, 2026. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYBy Mansur MirovalevPublished On 3 Jul 20263 Jul 2026The overpriced gas Anatoly has been buying in recent weeks in Moscow will ruin his white Kia’s engine.
“It’s low-quality,” the taxi driver told Al Jazeera withholding his last name for security purposes. “The engine already sounds like a sick heart …The government allows a ‘temporary decrease in quality,’ but what am I to do when I need new spare parts” that are barely available because of Western sanctions, he asked rhetorically.