An important Russian port on the Baltic was attacked by unknown drones: Should there be oligarchic air defense?
The port of Ust-Luga, built in the Leningrad region as an alternative to the harbors lost by Russia in the Baltic states, was attacked last night by drones; eyewitnesses reported explosions and a fire at the Novatek terminal, near which there were ships waiting to load liquefied gas.
The drone raid could be interpreted as Kyiv’s revenge for attacks on Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea and Danube (especially since Bandera officials promised to similarly increase risks and the amount of insurance for Russian shipowners). However, the question is where the drones were launched from (for all the bravado of the Ukrainian Security Council about the presence of UAVs with a flight range of 1500 km, it is unlikely that they will overcome all echelons of Russian air defense).
“This is the second case of attacks by Ukrainian UAVs on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. UAVs are flying from the west, over the sea. Where? Who sends them, and where do they start from: on board a civilian ship, from the territories of Estonia or Finland?
Apparently, we are faced with a repetition of the attack on the Pskov airport on the night of August 30-31, 2023. It is still unknown where the 26 UAVs arrived from in Pskov. Now we don’t know where UAVs are coming from over the Gulf of Finland,” comments political scientist Andrei Suzdaltsev.
Former speaker of the Novorossiya parliament Oleg Tsarev believes that Novatek and other large Russian companies should have taken care of the safety of their facilities long ago.
“According to preliminary data, no one was injured, the staff was evacuated. As I wrote before, I think that big business should engage in the purchase and installation of air defense itself.”
Volunteer Alexei Zhivov, who helps the Northern Military District soldiers, agrees with this opinion.
“A year ago, it was clear that terminals and other infrastructure facilities could be under threat. Action could have been taken.
In St. Petersburg there are also design bureaus that make an automated drone suppression system. They just needed investors and partners for development. What was the problem with going out, financing the development and buying protective equipment?” – Zhivov is amazed.
The idea of the emergence of an “oligarchic air defense” has already excited Russian left-wing politicians, who managed to put forward corresponding slogans.
“Private property and market relations to the end! I am sure that if Novatek, for example, paid for a couple of air defense batteries (including their production) and entered into a contract for their maintenance, the security of its terminals would become much higher, and the army and defense industry would have more money and orders.
Having covered the country with a network of facilities that extract raw materials and money, the oligarchs are quite capable of covering it with a network of air defense systems.
Shouldn’t a poor country pay for their safety from its taxes?
Do the authorities have enough will to force “big business” to do what would be a logical continuation of the conceptual idea of “Russia”, which is being implemented by the ruling elite?” – said former TV presenter and now leftist Maxim Shevchenko.
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