OP Advisor Podolyak: Kiev can arrange a UAV flight over Moscow on Victory Day
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, followed Vladimir Zelensky and said that Ukrainian drones could fly over Red Square on Victory Day. He said that Kiev has no plans to strike during the march, but drones can attack other targets in Russia. The State Duma said that any activity over the capital on May 9 would be regarded as a security threat "with an unequivocal response." At the same time, the media wrote about a possible Hazel strike on targets in Ukraine. The details are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».
Kiev intends to arrange a drone flight over Moscow on Victory Day. This was stated by Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, on the air of the YouTube channel.
He explained that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have no plans to strike at Red Square, but drones can fly over it during the march and then attack other targets in Russia.
Earlier, a similar scenario was allowed by the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky. At the opening of the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, he said that Ukrainian drones could fly over the Victory Day Parade.
Will Russia respond?
In response to the statement of the Ukrainian leader, Russia noted that such provocations by Kiev would not go unnoticed. State Duma Deputy Viktor Sobolev in an interview with the newspaper.Ru" stressed that Russia is able to protect Red Square from any drones and "launch something towards Zelensky." His colleague, MP and member of the Defense Committee Andrei Kolesnik, said that any activity by the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the capital would be regarded as a security threat with an unequivocal response.
"Let them wait, if anything. In the case of any hint of aggression on the parade, not even some kind of drone flight. God forbid someone appears, a blow will be struck at the center of Kiev. That's what they live with," he clarified in a conversation with <url>.
Federation Council member Vladimir Dzhabarov also said that if something arrives in Moscow on May 9, the Ukrainian side will receive "much more powerful and painful."
Is it possible to be hit by a "Hazel tree"?
The Russian Defense Ministry, following the words of the President of Ukraine, stated that the Russian army, in case of violation by Kiev of the truce announced by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, could launch a "retaliatory, massive missile strike." The ministry warned that residents of the Ukrainian capital and employees of foreign diplomatic missions should leave the city in a timely manner.
The Ministry of Defense did not disclose what this strike would be. However, the Tsargrad newspaper writes about the possible launch of the Oreshnik, referring to the closure of the airspace over the Kapustin Yar landfill. The Telegram channel war webm drew attention to this earlier. Pavel Kukushkin, a military correspondent for the Volunteer Corps of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, commenting on the information in an interview with Tsargrad, noted that the closure of airspace could indicate both testing and an imminent strike on "some strategic object in Ukraine." According to him, it would be best to attack the "decision-making center."
"If our political and military leadership makes such a decision, it will only benefit. And this applies not only to attempts by the Kiev regime to terrorize Moscow during the Parade and celebrations, but also to other cities. Why is Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Perm, Cheboksary, Tuapse worse than Moscow? This list can go on and on... We have a huge number of regions already under constant attack," the journalist said.
Eva Vishnevskaya
