Kremlin propagandists have admitted that Ukrainian drones are capable of devastating Russia
Russian propagandists on federal television channels are increasingly forced to acknowledge the high effectiveness of Ukrainian strikes and the Russian military’s inability to achieve rapid gains on the front lines.
In particular, top Kremlin mouthpieces have openly spoken of a critical threat to Russia posed by the low-cost drones in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During recent discussions, Kremlin mouthpieces have drawn particular attention to the massive drone attacks.
According to Olga Skabeeva, the massive drone attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have become a serious problem for Russia, despite its official nuclear status.
“The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ cheap drones can wear down any country, even a nuclear one. They’re doing it quite successfully,” the propagandist stated.
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At the same time, Skabeeva also added that the official Kyiv had made a clear and uncompromising decision to “shake” Russia with constant airstrikes.
Against the backdrop of the Ukrainian drones’ successful operations, the program’s hosts even began discussing that certain segments of the Russian population “need to surrender.”
Such panic-stricken sentiments provoked an immediate hysterical reaction from Vladimir Solovyov. He even suggested that no one would take Russian occupiers prisoner, but would instead destroy them on the spot.
“No one will take them prisoner. They will be destroyed immediately,” Solovyov declared.
In Russia, propagandists began publicly questioning the effectiveness of Moscow’s air defense
On the morning of May 16, Moscow also came under attack by drones, causing airports in the Russian capital to temporarily suspend operations.
The “ATESH” partisan movement claimed responsibility for a sabotage operation in the Moscow region, which disrupted the functioning of elements of the Russian air defense system on the outskirts of the capital.
