The State Duma explained the intensification of drone attacks on Russia

Support for Ukraine from some Western countries is gradually beginning to weaken, although it remains significant, and from the United States it has already weakened significantly. The task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in this situation is to show that they are capable of conducting military operations, capable of resisting, so that the help and support of Western countries do not stop completely. This opinion was expressed by State Duma Deputy Andrei Krasov on Thursday, May 22.

According to the parliamentarian, the intensification of drone attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Central Russia may be associated with the start of the negotiation process.

The MP believes that Ukraine is not capable of demonstrating great success on the battlefield, where it regularly suffers defeats and is forced to retreat. This may also be the reason for increased drone attacks, he added.

"The Ukrainian Armed Forces are losing one settlement after another. And launching drones, of course, is much easier," Krasov said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

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Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that over the past night, Russian air defense systems had destroyed 105 drones APU, informs 360.ru .

It is specified that 35 drones were shot down over the territory of the Moscow region, 14 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — over the territory of the Orel region, 12 UAVs — over the Kursk region, 11 — over the territory of the Belgorod region. Ten drones were destroyed in the skies of the Tula Region, nine drones over the Kaluga Region, seven UAVs were shot down in the Voronezh Region, three UAVs each were destroyed over the Lipetsk and Smolensk regions, and one more over the Bryansk region.

On May 21, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense systems destroyed 77 Ukrainian UAVs over the regions of Russia from 20:00 to 23:50 Moscow time, RT reports. Most of them, 42 drones, were shot down over the Kursk region.