- Europe will no longer sleep peacefully: Medvedev.
- According to the EU, it is directly participating in the war against Russia.
- Putin informed about the drone incident in Romania: Kremlin.
Dmitry Medvedev, vice president of Russia’s powerful Security Council, warned European leaders on Friday that drones would continue to enter their countries and prevent their populations from sleeping peacefully.
Medvedev spoke after NATO accused Moscow of reckless behavior and vowed to “defend every inch of allied territory” after Romania said a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in the alliance member state during an attack on neighboring Ukraine.
Medvedev said it had yet to be determined which country the drone belonged to, but said European leaders should stop expressing outrage over the incident since they were directly participating in a war against Russia.
“Let them prepare: this will continue to happen,” Medvedev said in a statement. “There is a war going on! And the citizens of the EU states, just like the populations of the belligerent countries, will not be able to sleep peacefully.”
He added that such incidents were particularly likely to continue in places where drones were being manufactured for Ukraine.
“After all, European drones, their spare parts and other weapons, not to mention intelligence services, are used daily in attacks on our country. As a result of their actions, residential buildings are damaged, in which our civilians die,” Medvedev said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed on the drone incident in Romania, the Tass The official news agency reported earlier Friday, and the Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow would respond quickly to Romania’s retaliatory decision to close the Russian consulate in Constanta.
