In Moscow, they continue to install air defenses on the roofs of buildings: where did the Pantsir-S1 appear (photo)

Moscow continues to install air defense systems on the roofs of government buildings and important institutions. So, another gun was shot on the roof of the building of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow in Petrovka, 38. Previously, the Russian anti-aircraft missile and weapon system (ZRPK) “Pantsir-S1” was installed in the building. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense did not comment on the placement of weapons in the city, but reported that the exercises were held in the Moscow Region. Sota Telegram channel reported a new air defense weapon in the center of Moscow.

In Moscow, they noticed another air defense weapon stationed at the well-known address where the Moscow Main Ministry of Internal Affairs building is located: Petrovka, 38. It was installed there on January 18, according to Sota.

It should be noted that this is the very center of Moscow, the Tsvetnoy Boulevard metro station, the Hermitage garden, museums and theaters are nearby, and the Bolshoi Theater is easily accessible.

And the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, without commenting on the installation of an air defense system in the center of Moscow, reported that they conduct exercises of air defense forces with the participation of an anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) battery. S-300 in the Moscow region. The personnel of the anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Western Military District (ZVO) are reportedly trained to repel air strikes on “important military, industrial and administrative facilities”.

The website of the Russian Ministry of Defense states that an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) battery advancing to the combat mission area during the exercises repelled the attack of a rogue enemy sabotage group against an equipment convoy. came out of the attack under a veil of smoke and “shot down aircraft and ballistic missiles.

It is noteworthy that questions about air defense on the roofs of government buildings in the center of Moscow were asked by Russian journalists to Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation. And Peskov advised journalists to forward all questions about air defense to the Russian Ministry of Defense. “Here I would like to refer you entirely to the Ministry of Defense. They are responsible for ensuring the security of the country in general and the capital in particular,” said Peskov.

Recall that the Pantsir S-1 air defense systems were installed in the building of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in an administrative building in Teterinsky Lane, a few kilometers from the Kremlin on the Frunzenskaya Embankment, another air defense system was removed. Zarechye village, Odintsovo urban district of Moscow – 10 kilometers This place is the residence of President Putin Novo-Ogaryovo.

In addition, the S-400 complexes were deployed on the territory of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. And in the Losiny Ostrov park, trees were cut down for the sake of a whole battery of air defense.

According to local media reports, “MPs and activists have sent inquiries about whether it is legal to cut trees in a specially protected area, but have received no response from the relevant departments.”

Noteworthy, however, Yevgeny Lebedev, a member of the State Duma Defense Committee, suggested that all these shots were fake.

A member of the State Duma said, “I don’t know anything about it. I think it’s fake, it’s montage.”

And a report from the Institute for War Studies (ISW) says that air defense was installed in the center of Moscow in order to create internal information conditions for a protracted war in Ukraine. According to analysts, the Russian Federation is trying to portray the war in Ukraine as “more dangerous” for Russian society, because real Ukrainian attacks on Moscow are unlikely.