Russia's Shoigu: Either Russia's air defense doesn't work or NATO is launching drones

Brace yourselves, this is called setting-up the false narrative. The Kremlin is attempting to justify attacking one or more NATO countries. They have been beating the "big, bad NATO" drum for years and now feed into the mix the false narrative that NATO is sending drones into Russia. You will then have the Russian public all worked up supporting an expanded war. I hope I'm wrong, but I certainly do not put anything past the Kremlin.

What really concerns me is: How will the anti-NATO White House react? Will they take Russia's side and blame it all on Ukraine?

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Either Russia’s air defense doesn’t work, or NATO is launching drones, says Russia’s Shoigu

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu has stated that Russia “will defend itself” in response to Ukrainian drone attacks. According to Moscow’s version, these drones may be based on the territory of Finland and the Baltic states, TASS reports.

He presented two possible interpretations of the drones’ origin: either Russia’s air defense is ineffective, or neighboring countries’ airspace is allegedly being used for the attacks.

Which of these variants is most likely? He did not tell. However, such statements could be regarded as a threat.

Read More: https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/16/either-russias-air-defense-doesnt-work-or-nato-is-launching-drones-says-russias-shoigu/