Russians are building defences inside their own borders - indicating Vladimir Putin’s war strategy has gone very wrong.
Pictures show construction is now underway over hundreds of miles as Moscow tries to convince its own people Ukraine is poised to invade.
The fortification strategy is seen as a way of firing up citizens with patriotic fervour at a time when support for Putin’s bloody war - where 100,000-plus Russians have been killed or maimed- is slipping, according to polls.