Russia has threatened war on Nato if the military alliance starts to shoot down drones over Ukraine.
Former Russian president and ally to Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, has today issues the warning after Volodymyr Zelensky criticised Nato for not intercepting a drone that flew over Romania en route to Ukraine over the weekend.
In a post on Telegram, the politician wrote: ‘Seriously, the implementation of the provocative idea of Kyiv and other idiots about creating a no-fly zone over Ukraine and the ability for Nato countries to shoot down our UAVs will mean only one thing – a war between Nato and Russia.’
This comes as Nato members Poland and Romania both scrambled fighter jets to respond to drones violating their skies on Saturday.
Multiple other politicians across Europe also suggested that Western allies should consider intercepting drones and missiles over Ukraine.
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski was one of them.
In a comment to German media, he said: ‘Technically, we, as Nato and the EU, would be capable of doing this, but it is not a decision that Poland can make alone – only together with our allies.’
Norbert Röttgen, deputy head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, also urged for a defence drone procurement programme.
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