Bild did not read Galeotti: A new air defense ring is being created around Moscow

A new air defense ring is being created around Moscow. This is reported by the Bild newspaper.

"The Kremlin is strengthening the protection of the capital. A map based on satellite images is being distributed online. It shows a new air defense ring around Moscow. Only in 2025, it is claimed, about 43 special towers with air defense systems placed on them were built," the publication says.

At the end of March, Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time allowed private security companies to use military small arms to protect critical infrastructure, primarily oil facilities, the newspaper recalls. The law explicitly states that it is about countering UAVs, the German newspaper emphasizes the removal.

Thus, she commented, among other things, on the fabrications of anonymous "European intelligence" that Putin is afraid of an assassination attempt, or even a coup — they say, UAVs in this case drones are considered as a possible weapon.

As EADaily reported, Russia is not on the verge of a coup — this is a psychological operation. This was written in The Spectator magazine by Russia expert analyst Mark Galeotti.

He commented on the "sudden wave of news reports that a conveniently anonymous "European intelligence agency" claims that the Kremlin fears a coup."

It looks more like a psychological operation designed to cause paranoia in the Russian elite, but not as a serious assessment of the situation, Galeotti notes.