Russia's nationalists are fuming over a slew of attacks on Russian territory which exposed gaps in its defenses and put it on the back foot in its invasion of Ukraine.

The prominent anonymous blogger Rybar said a recent strike on Russia's Pskov airfield suggests Russia's air defenses haven't adapted to stop drone strikes. It criticized authorities for not protecting the valuable aircraft there with hangars, and compared their defenses unfavorably to those in Russian-occupied Crimea, closer to the fighter.

The Russian journalist Alexander Kots said that recent attacks showed there would be no safe place in the parts of Russia that are close to Europe, and that Russia would need to adapt.

Another blogger said that Russia's airfields should be better protected, and another said Russia should admit the attacks as soon as they happen, rather than be forced into acknowledging them after Ukrainian sources report them.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Man, it must suck to be a nationalist for such an embarrassingly inept nation.

[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

The one "benefit" of authoritarian governments is that they always purge the most competent people in a race to the bottom.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago

Well, the great silver lining of being a nationalist is that it's always someone else's fault when something doesn't go your way. There's always an "other" to blame.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago

And yet, they keep going. We're still kind of in alpha release as a species.