MOSCOW, April 17 (Reuters) – European countries are becoming more involved in the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Friday, citing warnings from the Russian Defense Ministry about drone production sites across the continent and in Britain.
The Defense Ministry on Wednesday warned of European plans to increase supplies of drones to Ukraine, publishing a list of factories and companies it said were manufacturing drones or drone parts.
It lists facilities in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Israel and Turkey.
Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said in a follow-up post on X that the list amounted to a list of potential targets for the Russian armed forces. “When a strike becomes a reality depends on what happens next. Sleep well, European partners!” Medvedev said.
Asked whether the Defense Ministry publication and Medvedev’s comments meant Russia was seriously considering striking European targets, Peskov did not give a yes or no answer.
“These countries are becoming more and more directly involved in the conflict surrounding Ukraine,” Peskov said. “Details are laid out in the Defense Ministry’s statement.”
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov, writing by Maxim Rodinov, editing by Andrew Osborne)
