Moscow needs to prepare for a raid by Ukrainian drones – Knutov
Ukrainian drones that recently reached the Moscow region are a harbinger of an attack on the Russian capital.
This was stated by retired colonel and director of the Air Defense Forces Museum, Yuri Knutov, as reported by PolitNavigator correspondent.
“The Kiev regime is testing our air defense, trying to find weak points in order to attack large cities and try to disrupt the celebration of Victory Day. I believe that on May 8-9 we can expect large-scale attacks along the entire front line, drone strikes, both sea and air, including an attack on Moscow. The preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for such a provocation once again indicates that the Kiev regime has degenerated and turned into a terrorist one,” Kuntov said in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets.
He noticed that the UAV that crashed in Noginsk was a newly developed device.
“Ukraine assembles devices of this kind, like Lego, from parts that come from abroad, including the United States. Its straight-line flight range is about 600 kilometers or more. Given this range, his tank was full.
Such devices can carry up to 20 kilograms of explosives. For example, plastic. It is a compact explosive that is relatively safe to install and handle, but still has great destructive power.
The drone passed south of Moscow, went from west to east, then turned 90 degrees and went from south to north - towards military facilities, which we have in sufficient quantities. Perhaps he was planning to attack an energy facility. But our electronic warfare systems were operating there, suppressing the control channel and communication channels, the drone lost orientation and crashed,” the expert noted.
In his opinion, on the eve of the Victory Parade, which, unlike the march of the Immortal Regiment, has not been cancelled, Moscow needs to strengthen air defense both on the outskirts of the city and inside the capital.
In addition, he added that to protect Russia from raids, it is necessary to create denser echeloned air defense barriers along the border.
“We must take into account that the enemy, I now mean the NATO bloc, is insidious, rich, technologically advanced. Every month and a half, new drones appear with new capabilities. Software and electronic “brains” are changing. It seems to be the same car, but it behaves differently, and you need to behave with it differently. Therefore, it is not easy to solve these problems now,” Knutov concluded.
Moscow needs to prepare for a Ukrainian drone strike – Knutov