For weeks now, attacks by Ukraine within Russia have been increasing.
Dead civilians, villages cleared out, and a seemingly overworked government: Moscow's war on Ukraine has finally hit home in Russian society.
A woman waits at a bus stop next to a poster promoting Russian army service, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues, in Moscow, Russia April 12, 2023.
"The attacks in Belgorod are busting the myth of Putin's military being invincible," said political scientist Abbas Galljamow to the DPA news agency.
Because these attacks within Russia are making even initially neutral Russians care about the war – and they're starting to approve of it.
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