- Vladimir Putin was seen wearing ear protectors in a strange way
- They were placed on their chin, instead of on their hair.
- Critics said she did this to prevent her thinning hair from standing up.
Autocrat Vladimir Putin has been mocked for wearing his ear defenders backwards during a visit to a Chechen shooting range to prevent his thinning hair from standing on end.
The dictator was seen alongside Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, a close political and military ally, at a shooting range during a surprise visit to the region that many believed was aimed at bolstering support amid Ukraine’s incursion into Russian soil.
But unlike Kadyrov, who wore ear protectors over his head, the Russian leader was seen wearing them under his chin.
Prominent Russian blogger Rustem Adagamov posted: ‘(Putin) The barber has to comb the thinning hair so that it is not obvious that the Russian president is already completely bald.
“And the headphones will ruin all the beauty.”
Autocrat Vladimir Putin (pictured, left) has been mocked for wearing his ear protectors backwards during a visit to a Chechen shooting range.
He was accused of doing this to prevent his thinning hair from standing up.
A man rides a bicycle through the rubble of a multi-storey building, destroyed a few days earlier following an attack in the town of Myrnohrad, on August 21, 2024.
Putin has been stepping up his military support in recent days as Ukraine has launched a second front in Russia.
Russian forces prevented a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance team from crossing the border in the western Bryansk region, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) from the site of Ukraine’s incursion into the neighboring Kursk region, a Russian official said.
Russia said on Wednesday its forces had advanced in eastern Ukraine and had begun pushing back Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, although a senior commander warned that Ukrainian forces were regrouping for another possible attack.
Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that border guards of the Federal Security Service and Russian military units repelled an attack by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance team on Wednesday.
According to him, the attempted raid took place in the Klimovo district, which borders Ukraine’s Chernihiv region. The Bryansk region is located in the north-west of the Kursk region, where a Ukrainian raid has been taking place since the beginning of August.
Putin was in Chechnya to reinforce military support
He visited a shooting range with Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured, right)
Putin’s visit came amid an increase in Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil
Ukraine attacked the Russian border in the Kursk region on August 6 in an attempt to force Moscow to divert troops from the rest of the front, although Russian forces have continued to advance in eastern Ukraine in recent days.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had shot down 28 drones over Russian territory, including 13 in the Volgograd region, seven in Rostov, four in Belgorod, two in Voronezh and one each in the Bryansk and Kursk regions.
A fire broke out at a military facility in Russia’s southern Volgograd region after a Ukrainian drone crashed into it on Thursday, regional governor Andrei Bocharov said on the Telegram messaging app.
Bocharov said there were no casualties and did not specify which facility was hit, but said the attack focused on the area of the village of Marinovka, where a military air base is located.
Aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said temporary restrictions were imposed on Thursday at Volgograd airport, which was neither accepting nor sending out planes.
