i'm with pcr on this one, unfortunately;

The Ukraine Conflict Has Moved Into Russia, and Russia’s Agreement with Iran Is a Big Zero

Paul Craig Roberts

Russia’s conflict with Ukraine is no longer limited to Donbas.  The war has not moved deep into Ukraine, but it has moved deep into Russia. According to Russian and Ukrainian news reports, last week the US and NATO attacked Russian cities and facilities with hundreds of missiles and drones launched from Ukraine.  Industrial and military facilities and oil refineries were targeted, fuel supplies destroyed, and Russian schools in three cities were forced to close. The cities that experienced the US/NATO attacks were Engels, Saratov, Kazan, Bryansk, and Tula. These are attacks deep into Russia, bringing war into the Volga region and Tatarstan Republic. There is no reason to believe that the air attacks on Russia will cease because Ukraine is defeated in Donbas.

It is the most extraordinary thing that Putin prefers Russian cities to be attacked than to use sufficient force to bring the Ukrainian conflict to an end. How do Russians feel safe when school children far from Ukraine are subjected to air attack?

Thinking about this raised the question whether it has occurred to Putin and the Russian general staff that Washington might be using these attacks to map Russian air defense locations and to conditionRussia to air attacks, catching Russia off guard when the missiles arrive with nuclear instead of conventional warheads.  Everyone talks about Ukraine’s collapse, but the missiles keep hitting deeper into Russia. Are these attacks collapsing Russians’ confidence in Putin?

It really is extraordinary that Putin tolerates the US/NATO to use proxies to attack Russian cities.  Has Putin forgot his statement that Russia will never again fight a war on its own territory?......more.....