Double Russian PSYOP – military expert Svitan about Russian missiles over Romania

This was stated by military expert Roman Svitan on Espreso TV.

"This is a Russian information and psychological operation. The route of the missile is laid by engineers. It does not deviate for a long distance, so the Russians laid the route along the border with Romania. This is to ensure that the radars of Moldova, Ukraine, and Romania show different information because they are located at different azimuths," he said.

According to Svitan, the projection on the ground is difficult to determine - only those who laid the route can know it.

"That's why it was laid specifically along the border with Romania to send an informational message. We saw what we saw - our locators showed that the missile at least passed along the border. This is another provocation - if our air defense system had worked, the missile or a part of it could have landed on the territory of Romania. This is a double information and psychological operation - it did not work, we started shooting down the missile. And the second - informational - worked, we are talking about it," the expert summarized. 

• On the morning of February 10, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with missiles: there were hits on infrastructure in several regions, and air defense was also active. 8 people were injured in the Kharkiv region.

• As a result of the attack, several thermal and hydroelectric generation facilities, as well as high-voltage infrastructure in the eastern, western and southern regions were hit.

• Valerii Zaluzhnyi reported that two Russian missiles crossed the airspace of Moldova and Romania during a massive missile attack, which Romania denied. 

• Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration summoned Russian Ambassador Oleg Vasnetsov over the February 10 incident with the Russian missile.

• The Ukrainian Air Force could have shot down enemy missiles that entered the airspace of Romania and Moldova, but did not do so because of the risks to the population of a foreign country