"They create the illusion." What do the Russians do to distract the attention of the Armed Forces and stretch Ukrainian reserves - interviews with Zhdanov

Russian troops are trying to create the illusion of the offensive in the east of the country in order to distract from the Armed Forces from counter -offensive actions in the south and to use their own reserves, said military expert Oleg Zhdanov. - I want to start with several quite urgent news. It is reported that the Russians hit Vinnytsia region, in military objects with daggers, missiles, which they adopted on weapons in 2018. It is also reported that after February 24, they rarely used them.

What do you think about it? - The thing is, I think that the use of daggers is associated not so much with the absence or availability of missiles, but with a test of overcoming the air or missile defense system, they test this rocket. They used it in March somewhere in the area of ​​Ivano-Frankivsk region, two cases were recorded, one confirmed, the other was not. And now again. The fact is that this rocket is not massive in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

And this rocket requires a MiG-31 fighter, not just any, but one that is equipped with a dagger rocket. - That is, we can say how we test Western weapons in the territory of Ukraine, and Russians test their weapons. - Absolutely true. No landfill will reproduce the conditions that can be in the war, so they test in the war. And to say that tomorrow will fly the squadron Mig-31 with rockets dagger, in my opinion, today is not worth it.