Huge drone strikes reported as Russia readies Victory Day security
Ukraine-linked drone attacks struck Russian logistics hubs near Moscow and in Perm Krai as regional authorities said they intercepted 347 drones across multiple regions. Perm Krai officials said a drone hit an industrial facility but caused no casualties, and Russia's Ministry of Digital Development announced temporary mobile internet and SMS limits on May 9, including restricting access to a 'white list' of sites. Targeting logistics and transport nodes ahead of Victory Day raises the risk of wider travel and communications disruptions and is likely to prompt tougher air defenses and security measures across central Russia.
1/ It's not just this Saturday's Victory Day parade that's been cancelled or cut back in Moscow; so too has the city's annual cleanup, for the first time in over a hundred years. The city will have to remain dirty for another year. ⬇️
ChrisO_wiki552/ Cleanup days, or subbotniks, originated in the spring of 1919 under Lenin's rule. They started as voluntary events mainly for communists (Komsomol members) and sympathisers. In later years, they became a familiar, characteristic feature of the "socialist way of life."
Militant Nerd16Fun fact: There was a story that at the first subbotnik Lenin carried a log, which is shown on a postal stamp you attached. In time so many people claimed they helped Vladimir Ilyich to carry it that Soviet joke said the log must've been a kilometer long.
