Ukraine’s deadly strikes are bringing the war home to Russians, and discontent is bubbling up | CNN

When Elena Vladimirovna woke up around 4 a.m. to the sound of loud buzzing over her Moscow region apartment, she looked out of the window to see multiple drones overhead. The noise quickly faded, and she thought the danger had passed. But then came a loud bang from close by. “Below us, under the balcony, there is a canopy like a ledge. The drone fell on this canopy, and then it burst into flames, black smoke started coming,” she recalled. A room in her fifth-floor apartment caught fire. The 56-year-old mother-of-two, who preferred not to give CNN her full name, said that she and one of her sons rushed towards the blaze with buckets and basins of water. But when they heard an explosion, they realized they should grab the dog and flee. Her building in Zelenograd was just one of many hit in a mass wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on May 17. Residents of Russia’s largest cities have largely been sheltered from the daily realities of Russia’s war with Ukraine, now in its fifth year. But as Ukraine increasingly launches long-range strikes into the country, that situation is changing. Beyond the direct threat posed by drones, Russians are facing growing fuel shortages as Ukraineâ