Kremlin Can't Stop Ukraine's Mounting Strikes Deep in Russia: Ex-CommanderA former Russian commander who played a pivotal role in the 2014 annexation of Crimea said Monday that Ukraine's increased strikes inside Russia cannot be stopped."And, accordingly, now the enemy has the ability to 'cheaply and cheerfully' hit strategic targets in the depths of our territory, spending disposable kamikaze attack vehicles on this with the complete or partial inability of our air defense to resist them.""To expect that our military design bureaus and enterprises of the military-industrial complex 'at the pace of a waltz' will develop and launch the production of completely new air defense systems that reliably protect the sky from 'harmful trifles' is at least stupid," he wrote.Ukrainian officials reported that Russia lost about 550 soldiers between Christmas Day and Boxing Day, in addition to five tanks.In Ukraine on the same evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned his nation's citizens that Russia will continue to attack before the calendar year concludes."