Russian intelligence agencies should wait for Ukrainian drone to fly into their offices, says European Commissioner for Defence and Space
Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and Space, believes that following a Russian drone strike on the Security Service of Ukraine building in Kyiv, Russian intelligence agencies will now be waiting for a mirror response from Ukraine.
Source: Andrius Kubilius X on 5 September, as reported by European Pravda.
Details: Kubilius said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had brought the war back to Russian territory.
"Putin brought war back to Russia: he escalates, then Ukrainians answer with mirror measures. That's how Putin got the majority of refineries in Russia destroyed, lost international flights, and now the KGB [Committee for State Security] and GRU [Main Intelligence Directorate] will wait for a Ukrainian drone to fly into their offices," Kubilius wrote. In this context, Kubilius apparently uses the names KGB and GRU as generic references to Russian intelligence agencies.
The European Commissioner was responding to a Russian drone strike on the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) building in Kyiv. A Russian drone struck the centre of Kyiv on 4 September, damaging the SSU building.
Background:
- José Manuel Pinto Teixeira, a former EU ambassador to Ukraine and Portuguese diplomat, believes that following Russian strikes on the centre of Kyiv, Ukraine has the right to respond with similar actions in Moscow.
- Margus Tsahkna, the head of the Estonian Foreign Ministry, condemned the strike on the SSU and noted that Russia was once again disregarding all norms of international law and the risks to cultural heritage sites.
- Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on Ukraine's international partners to increase pressure on Russia following the Russian strike on the central building of the Security Service of Ukraine.
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