Putin’s Two Pillars of Russian Resilience Are Crumbling

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During the Napoleonic incursion of 1812 or the Nazi German assault in 1941, anywhere behind the mountain range that divides Russia’s European part from Siberia seemed far enough for the evacuation of civilians and military factories.

As Trump reels from criticism over the Iran talks, the US moves to build training ranges that mimic Ukraine’s battlefields and eyes a massive kamikaze‑drone buildup.