Friendly Fire: OP told why Russia claims to knock down the A-50 aircraft itself
The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office Mikhail Podolyak in an interview with Channel 24 told why this is happening. According to him, this is a difficult question and the obvious could be the answer that in this way the opponent encourages his pilots to continue flights to temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine and perform combat missions there. They know that Ukraine now does not have such a tool that would reach Russia.
"Because, if you admit that A-50 and IL-22M were destroyed over the Azov Sea water area, it will say that there were long-range tools in Ukraine. And tactical aviation works close enough to the front line,"- said Mikhail Podolyak. The situation with the loss of an important aircraft could still scare the pilots who were performing combat missions near the front line.
The Kremlin constantly tried to give the impression that "we were controling everything as they controlled", and the "tragedy" that happened was nothing more than Friendly Fire. Then the pilots should have quite logical questions, says Mikhail Podolyak, because if the Friendly Fire happens, then the system is fully unbalanced and no one can control anything, but it is Russia and no one there is no logical questions. "They entered (Ukraine, ed. ) It happens with housing.
They came, they have taken away, destroyed, they cannot move forward, we spend in these "meat storms" a huge bunch of people and equipment. By the way, international restrictions should be full for them to act, not as in 2014. Then the Kremlin will not be able to bypass them and increase its combat potential. In this regard, freezing of the conflict is an ideal option for the enemy, says OP representative.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will not be able to win the battlefield and take control of the neighboring country, so there will be a desire to end everything at the present stage. "The Russians do not ask themselves such logical questions. If A-50 is not even Ukraine, but they mean what it means? What can anyone be killed today" Friendly Fire. " "The ideal" option is frost of conflict, " - summed up Mikhail Podolyak.