Vladimir Putin’s military holiday was overshadowed by grim battlefield news: Russian forces had suffered their deadliest month of the year so far in the war he started. On the very day Russia was honoring its airborne troops, Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least eight people across Russian regions, according to Reuters. Smoke rises after a Ukrainian drone attack on a Wildberries warehouse in Novosemeykino, Samara region, Russia, August 2. The Russian leader has grown increasingly paranoid that members of his own inner circle could be plotting against him. Vyacheslav Prokofyev/via REUTERSMeanwhile, Russians are facing problems beyond Ukrainian drone strikes and the war their leader launched.