100 Ukrainian UAVs tried to attack Moscow on May 9-Major General Aviation

About 100 Ukrainian drones tried to attack Moscow on May 9, almost all attacks were prevented, said Major General of Aviation, Chairman of the Presidium of Russian Officers Sergey Lipova. It is quoted by RIA Novosti.

Updated: Lipova later clarified the agency that information about 100 drones flying to Moscow is “unverified”.

In the original material, Lipova claimed that attacks of attacks on May 9 were made from the territory of both Ukraine and the Moscow region, in the hope that the drones "somehow could get to Red Square and cause some damage there."

“As a result of the actions of our air defense systems, as a result of the actions of our RAB units <...> the part was neutralized, planted, and some were simply destroyed.”

Major General added that Ukraine first used American development drones with a maximum action radius of up to 800 km. He also claims that part of the UAV was shot down in the Belgorod region, several drones were “neutralized” in the Kursk region, in the territory of Voronezh and in the territory of the Kaluga region. “The holiday was without remarks,” the general emphasized.

Lipova also commented on an attempt to hit the Kremlin on the night of May 3. Two drones were launched in the Moscow region, one UAV was reconnaissance, and the second was a shock, with “some explosives,” he explained.

Earlier, the speaker of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andrei Yusov said that Ukrainian troops did not plan to attack Moscow on May 9. According to him, if on May 9, Ukraine wanted to do something in Moscow, then they would have seen the effect.

Due to the attempt to attack the Kremlin drones on May 3 this year, the air part of the Victory parade was canceled. The size of the advanced UAVs and the probable absence of the combat unit indicate that they were launched not from Ukraine, but a maximum from the Moscow Region, the general director of the Aviations, the developer of unmanned aerial vehicles Sergey Tovkach, explained to The Insider. According to him, drones managed manually and could use forbidden frequencies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a closed meeting with the chief editors of propaganda publications said that there was nothing special in the UAV, who was trying to attack the Kremlin. There was a feeling from the answer that Putin did not give the attack of drones of such great importance, said Andrei Kolesnikov, journalist of the Kremlin pool from Kommersant.

In total, from April 29, more than 25 reports of incidents with drones in 10 regions appeared in open sources. The Insider compiled a map of attacks: