Paranoid Putin has kept 'crown jewel' city cocooned from his evil war in fog of propaganda

AS Vladimir Putin feeds waves of Russians into the meatgrinder in Ukraine, his capital city remains almost completely unscathed by the war.

The bloody carnage spiralling on the frontline is a far cry from peaceful life in cushy Moscow , experts told The Sun.

They laid bare how targeted mobilisation of ethnic minorities, fierce defence of the capital and mental insulation have all left Moscow in the eye of the storm as war rages on to its West.

Bombshell studies show half of all Muscovites say they are personally or financially unaffected by the war.

One in two also say they don't know anyone fighting in Ukraine , according to the Levada Centre .

Russia analyst Mark Galeotti said the capital has been shielded from the destruction in Ukraine - where countless cities have be