Alarm in Russia before attacks by Ukrainian drones, one near Moscow

The alarms went off this Tuesday at the background of the war in Ukraine in the face of at least four enemy drone attacks on civilian infrastructure on Russian territory, one of which is only a hundred kilometers from Moscow.

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The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed only two drone strikes, which it attributed to Ukrainian forces, in the regions Krasnodar and Adygea, located on the coast of the Black Sea, which he claimed were neutralized by “radio-electronic combat units”, causing them to get lost and crash to the ground. However, the images spread on social networks a fire consuming a fuel tank in one goals, Rosneft oil refinery in Tuapse, coastal city of Krasnodar.

IN #Tuapse, #Krasnodar region, south #Russiathere was an overnight fire at Rosneft’s oil refinery after the alleged impact of two UAVs around 2:00 a.m. local time.

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— Alex Kokcharov (@AlexKokcharov) February 28, 2023

At noon, at St. Petersburgthe detection of an unidentified flying object forced the closure of air traffic for an hour at Pulkovo Airport, the main airport in the former capital of the Russian Empire.

Another drone crashed near a Gazprom natural gas distribution station near the town of Gubastovo, in the Kolomna district, only 100 kilometers south of the Russian capital, confirmed the governor of the Moscow region, Andrey Vorobiov. They showed the remains of the aircraft in the forest on social networks.

Kyiv continues to avoid reporting on war activities in Russia. But since the beginning of the invasion, it has attacked with Soviet-made drones not only bases in Crimea and neighboring Russian regions, such as Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Krasnodar, but also targets thousands of kilometers from its borders, such as the Ryazan and Saratov airfields last December. But this Tuesday is the closest attack to Moscow since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine

Amid these attacks, the military has been conducting air defense maneuvers, which have included the use of fighters, in the Western Military District, which includes St. Petersburg, northwestern and northern European Russia and the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad.

strengthen surveillance

President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of use terrorism as a method of war, during a meeting with senior personnel of the Federal Security Service (FSB, formerly KGB). He further admitted that FSB agents were killed in Ukraine. Faced with this situation, Putin called on the FSB to strengthen surveillance in the border area and to “constantly monitor vitally important facilities and infrastructure, especially industrial and energy ones.” Also strengthen counter-intelligence activities “because the special security services Western countries have always actively worked against Russia And now they have mobilized more resources against us.

His second act of the day was to sign an official suspension of Russian cooperation with START III, the last pact signed with the US to reduce and control nuclear arms.

Wagner’s mercenaries accelerate the conquest of Bakhmut

On the war front, it was as if the hours were numbered for Bajmut. President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that the situation in the city of Donetsk, which has been surrounded by the Russians for weeks “everything is harder and harder”. “The enemy is constantly destroying everything that can be used to defend our positions, to strengthen and secure the defense,” he said. Kyiv would consider withdrawing. Zelensky recently admitted that Kyiv will defend Bakhmut, but not to the last man at the cost of heavy losses in their ranks. Of the pre-war population of 70,000, less than 6,000 remain.

The mercenaries of the Wagner group, conducting an offensive on Bakhmut would occupy one of the districts located on the outskirts of the Ukrainian stronghold. “They liberated the settlement of Stupki. If we take into account that there are fights for every house, this is an important success at the current stage,” he said. Denis Pushilinacting head of the pro-Russian People’s Republic of Donetsk, on Russian public television.

In recent weeks, Wagner’s assault units intensified the siege around Bakhmut, in the vicinity of which they captured several towns. It is clear that Ukraine has lost Bakhmut. The only question is the date when it will take place“, he emphasized.