It turned out where the drone that attacked Balashikha could have come from

General Bizhev: “The United States can directly participate in raids on the Moscow region”

After a short pause, the enemy resumed drone raids on the near Moscow region. So, on Monday, May 27, our air defense system shot down a drone in the Kuchino microdistrict in Balashikha. As a result, the fragments of the enemy «bird» fell on a private house.

According to the former Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force for the Unified CIS Air Defense System, Lieutenant General Aitech Bizhev, American specialists may directly participate in such raids.

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The enemy tried to carry out an attack on the near Moscow region on the night of May 28. The aircraft, which was heading towards Balashikha, was spotted in the sky in the Leninsky district, not far from the Moscow Ring Road. At about 21:00, an air defense system shot him down in the Kuchino microdistrict. The wreckage of the device fell in the private sector. Two houses had their roofs damaged and windows broken. In addition, two men were hit by debris. One had to be hospitalized — the victim was taken to the hospital with a broken jaw bone and a lacerated wound to the cheek.

According to Lieutenant General Aitech Bizhev, with such raids the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is trying to create with their Western patrons the appearance of revenge for omissions at the front.

— In order for the cash injections to continue, Kyiv needs to show the “effectiveness” of the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and specifically, demonstrate that their aircraft can supposedly hit the central industrial regions, the capital of the Russian Federation and the nearest Moscow region. Therefore, these attempts will continue. The West, in turn, spares neither effort nor money to provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with these unmanned aerial vehicles. Until we successfully complete the SVO, these attempts will not stop.

— I don’t see a sensation in the fact that a drone flew to Balashikha. For modern unmanned aerial vehicles this is not a problem. At the same time, if you evaluate the existing air defense systems, then nowhere in the world there is such air defense that could completely protect the territory and certain objects. There are many reasons for this, both objective and subjective. A single flight to Kuchino does not mean that our air defense system is weak or that the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ drone was overslept.

“The enemy is carefully studying and analyzing the state of our air defense systems. He has all the forces for this — reconnaissance satellites, human intelligence. I do not rule out that the United States is involved in these processes. Westerners can not only transmit all intelligence data to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but also participate in organizing raids. For example, American or European specialists can control these drones. All this is possible.

In addition, you need to understand that Kuchino is a special industrial region of the Moscow region, there are many defense enterprises there. It is unclear what specific goals and objectives the enemy set. In any case, he achieved one goal — he was able to fly there and try to sow panic. In strategic terms, Kyiv cannot achieve its goals. 

— An aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle could be launched from the territory of Ukraine or from the territory of countries unfriendly to us. For example, from the Baltic states. The small aircraft could be launched by “sleeping” sabotage and reconnaissance cells, which could, for example, assemble a drone in the field right at a construction site or in the forest. Our specialists, I think, will give an exact answer to this question in the near future.