Russia's Medvedev threatens NATO with war over drones shot down in Ukraine, Zelenskyy's office fires back
Photo: Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia (Getty Images)
The head of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has made new threats of war with NATO. The head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, responded to his words.
What Medvedev said
Medvedev threatened that granting NATO countries the right to shoot down Russian drones over Ukraine would lead to war between the Alliance and Russia.
"The implementation of the provocative idea of Kyiv and others to create a ‘no-fly zone’ and the possibility for NATO countries to shoot down our UAVs will mean only one thing - war between NATO and Russia. We must call a spade a spade," Medvedev wrote.
Yermak's comment
In response, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine noted that in order for drones not to be shot down, they must not be launched.
“The formula is simple and would demonstrate the Russians' desire to end the war. Instead, we see only a desire to attack and avoid responsibility. Ukraine responds to such behavior with strikes on the Russian pain points,” Yermak replied.
Russian drones over Poland
On September 10, about two dozen Russian strike drones violated Polish airspace from Ukraine and Belarus. Air defense and aviation forces managed to shoot down only four of them.
One of the drones damaged a residential building in a village in the Lublin Voivodeship, another fell on the territory of a military base but did not detonate.
In total, fragments of 16 downed aircraft were found in the eastern border areas with Ukraine.
After the UAV attack, Poland appealed to NATO for additional air defense systems and protection against drones.
