Embarrassment for Putin as Russia cancels flagship air present over ‘security concerns’
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ussia has cancelled a serious worldwide air present due to drone “security concerns”, in a contemporary embarassment for Putin.
The British Ministry of Defence mentioned Russia wouldn’t be going forward with MAKS, which the Kremlin makes use of to spotlight Russia’s “civil and military” air tech, “largely due to genuine security concerns”.
Russian officers have been frightened of “reputation damage” attributable to having fewer worldwide attendees due to its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
It comes after two obvious explosive drones allegedly focused the Kremlin and have been shot down in May.
In its newest briefing, the MoD mentioned: “The war has been exceptionally challenging for Russia’s aerospace community.
“The sector is struggling under international sanctions; highly trained specialists are being encouraged to serve as infantry in the Roscosmos space agency’s own militia.”
The MoD additionally mentioned a prime Russian basic, Commander in Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Sergei Surovikin, has not been seen in public for the reason that abortive mutiny by Wagner Group final month.
Surovikin had served as some extent of contact with the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Reports declare he could have been arrested for having pre-knowledge of the Wagner mutiny.
But it isn’t clear whether or not Surovikin faces any fees or whether or not he’s being held, and the US White House and the Kremlin haven’t commented.
Many analysts consider the mutiny has weakened Putin as a result of he first introduced that Wagner would face harsh repercussions, solely to later say that the group’s forces wouldn’t face prosecution.
The mercenary group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was additionally allowed to go away Russia for Belarus.
While cancelling its personal air present for concern of drone assaults, Russia individually launched drone assault early on Sunday on Kyiv. It was the primary such assault in 12 days.
All of the Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones have been detected and shot down, in keeping with Serhii Popko, the top of the Kyiv metropolis administration. One individual was wounded on account of falling particles, he mentioned.