NATO rejects Moscow's accusations that it provides "corridor" for Ukrainian drones
NATO is not a threat to Russia and has not authorised any drones to enter Russia via its airspace.
Source: General Alexus Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, in a statement reported from Brussels by European Pravda's correspondent
"If we were allowing drones to go through Baltic airspace in order to get to Russia, we wouldn't be shooting them down," Grynkewich said.
He stressed that "NATO is a defensive alliance".
"We are not a threat to Russia, and they know we are not a threat to Russia. If they thought we were a threat to Russia, they wouldn't have emptied the Leningrad Military District to go and invade Ukraine," the NATO general noted.
"So I just offer that at face value, it's so obviously incorrect," he added.
Background:
- NATO has praised the downing of a drone that violated Estonian airspace on 19 May.
- On Tuesday 19 May, a Romanian fighter jet shot down a stray Ukrainian attack drone in Estonian airspace, prompting an air-raid warning in part of the country. This is the first time such a drone has been shot down over Estonian territory.
- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has apologised to Estonia for the "unintended incidents" involving drones.
- At the same time, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said after the incident that Ukraine has every right to attack targets on Russian territory.
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