The
vacatio
home
of
Russia
P eside t
Vladimi
Puti
was
exposed
to
a
d o e
attack
afte
a
missile
lau ch
pad
that
used
to
gua d
o e
of
Puti ‘s
lavish
vacatio
homes
was
set
ablaze,
the
Teleg aph
epo ted.
The
missile
lau ch
pad
is
a ou d
12
miles
f om
Puti ‘s
Italia ate
palace
complex
ea
Gele dzhik,
southe
Russia.
Majo
Robe t
B ovdi,
the
comma de
of
Uk ai e’s
u ma ed
systems
fo ces,
claimed
that
the
lau chpad
was
ablaze
a d
sputte i g
fo
th ee
hou s.Uk ai ia
media
claimed
that
the
S-400
ai -defe se
system
that
gua ded
the
eside ce
fi ed
six
missiles
befo e
getti g
damaged.
Satellite
images
take
afte
the
st ike
showed
at
least
o e
lau che
was
dest oyed,
B ovdi
said.
O
August
7,
Uk ai ia
fo ces
disabled
a
ea by
elect o ic-wa fa e
statio
k ow
as
Vol a
Kupol
Ga a t,
which
had
bee
jammi g
Sta li k
satellite
commu icatio s
withi
a
oughly
20-kilomete
adius
a ou d
the
eside ce,
a
Moscow
Times
epo t
said.
Milita y
a alyst
Ya
Matveev
told
The
Moscow
Times
that
k ocki g
out
the
la ge,
easily
ecog izable
statio
ope ed
the
way
fo
the
attack
o
the
S-400;
the
statio
had
bee
effective
agai st
d o es.
What
is
i side
Puti ‘s
vacatio
home?
Not
much
is
k ow
about
the
vacatio
home,
but
The
Teleg aph
epo ted,
based
o
claims,
that
the
luxu ious
complex
housed
a
casi o,
vi eya d,
spa,
ice
i k,
theat e,
pole-da ci g
oom,
hookah
lou ge,
“aquatic
disco”,
mi iatu e
ailway
oom
a d
mo e.
I
2023,
it
was
epo ted
that
a
chapel
had
bee
added.Puti
a ely
visits
the
Black
Sea
vacatio
home
a d
p efe s
his
highly
fo tified
luxu y
dacha
o
Lake
Valdai,
185
miles
east
of
Moscow.
This
eside ce
is
believed
to
be
home
to
Ali a
Kabaeva,
his
sec et
lo g-te m
pa t e ,
a d
thei
two
so s.
It
is
p otected
by
at
least
27
towe s
mou ted
with
Pa tsi
a ti-ai c aft
systems,
costi g
some
£16m
pe
u it.Uk ai e’s
milita y
i tellige ce
said
o
Mo day
that
Kyiv’s
d o es
had
also
st uck
two
Russia
S-400
T iumf
ai
defe ce
lau che s,
as
well
as
a
a te a
it
uses
to
co t ol
medium-altitude
O io
d o es
i
occupied
C imea.
Losses
f om
the
st ike
could
amou t
to
the
equivale t
of
te s
of
millio s
of
dolla s,
Uk ai e’s
di ecto ate
of
i tellige ce
said.
