For most of the last 15 months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been able to keep his citizens

largely insulated from the war he's waging next door in Ukraine.

This is kind of a pledge that Putin gave to them at the beginning of the war, saying,

this is not going to disrupt your life.

Just let me do this.

It's going to be a quick and victorious war.

That is Mary Aleushina, who covers Russia for the Washington Post.

But last week, that bubble of normalcy.

Drone attacks in Moscow overnight, the explosions raining down.

It was punctured.

What Russia see is drones falling near residential areas.

So it's definitely concerning for them and for the Kremlin.

Last Sunday, drones that were fired at the Russian Capitol hit several residential buildings.

Many were intercepted, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, and Russia blamed Ukraine.

Ukraine has denied involvement, though most military analysts do believe that Ukraine is responsible.

Is it a regime?

No.

It's a drug-drug.

In a public appearance, Vladimir Putin said the attack was meant to quote, frighten Russians,

and he tried to reassure them that air defense systems had worked properly.

I think that's indicative that there is concern in the Kremlin that Russians are worried

because the war has rested on this kind of indifference amongst most Russians who kind of shut the war out of their ordinary lives.

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