Putin has completely suspended public travel around Russia due to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. (RU) Путин из-за атак ВСУ полностью прекратил публичные поездки по России – Русская служба The Moscow Times

All is going to plan.

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Totally something you’d do when you’re winning the 4 day special military operation that started 4 years ago.

Your title translation is very misleading. He has halted domestic travel for himself (and some some high ranking officials).

Here is the English translation of the text from Gemini:
Following his return from China, Vladimir Putin has not visited a single Russian region, even though such trips were the norm in previous years. As a result, according to calculations by “Agentstvo” (The Agency), the hiatus in his travel around the country has grown to 196 days amid intensifying strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine—a record that surpasses even his COVID-19 isolation (the previous record was set in 2020 at 132 days). The publication notes that the last time Putin traveled outside the regions containing his primary residences was on November 6, 2025, when he paid a one-day visit to Samara. Since then, all of his public events have taken place exclusively in Moscow, the Moscow Oblast, or Saint Petersburg.
During this period, Putin held several meetings: in January, he attended a Christmas service at the Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious on the grounds of the “Senezh” Special Purpose Center in the Moscow region, met with MIPT students in Dolgoprudny, and laid a wreath at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg—for the first time without an audience. At the end of April, he arrived at the Anatoly Rakhlin Sports School in St. Petersburg, named after his former coach.
According to “Agentstvo,” the main reason for halting domestic travel is an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strike Putin’s Valdai residence at the end of 2025, which was reported by Russian authorities. While world leaders, including Donald Trump, doubted the reliability of this information at the time, a source close to the Kremlin told “Proekt” (The Project) that Putin was seriously frightened for his life.
European intelligence agencies, for their part, are also recording unprecedented security measures around Putin. As reported by CNN, citing a report from one of the intelligence services, the Kremlin fears not only drone strikes but also a military coup, with Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu named as a possible organizer. Against this backdrop, according to intelligence data, Putin’s security detail has sharply reduced the list of places he previously visited regularly, including his residences in the Moscow region and Valdai.
According to sources from the Financial Times, Putin now spends weeks at a time in underground bunkers, while state media publish pre-recorded videos. These fears intensified after the American capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the Ukrainian operation “Spiderweb,” in which UAVs were launched from Russian territory at strategic airfields, the FT interlocutors claimed.

Bad Google translation:

Correct, Putin is limiting his own travel because of security, according to this story.

Oh no! /s

It’s not Ukrainian attacks he’s afraid of.