Ukraine’s president says Kremlin checking Europe’s capacity to protect its skies following new drone sightings

Vladimir Putin will expand his war in Ukraine by attacking another European country, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has predicted, and accused Russia of recent drone incursions that he said were an attempt to test Nato’s defences.

Speaking in Kyiv after his meeting with Donald Trump at the UN in New York, the Ukrainian president said Russia was preparing for a bigger conflict. “Putin will not wait to finish his war in Ukraine. He will open up some other direction. Nobody knows where. He wants that,” he said.

Ukraine’s president said the Kremlin was deliberately checking Europe’s capacity to protect its skies, after drone sightings in Denmark, Poland and Romania and the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jets. More drones were spotted on Friday night above a Danish military base, and over a Norwegian base on Saturday.

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    7 days ago

    Rule 3? This is just opinion / propaganda by someone with a vested interest to fan flames.

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      6 days ago

      Germany is expecting an attack from Russia as well at some point in the close future. That’s the reason the budget for the military went up. There are also discussions of starting the draft again.

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      I see the Russian Embassy staff are busy with their BS comments. Only an insane person would accept Russian influence and occupation.

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        Only an insane person would accept Russian influence and occupation.

        Where is even that thought coming from? Like, explain to me in proper arguments why everybody makes it their national sport to bash against Russia. I mean, yeah, they have a lot of problems, but so does every other country, more or less.

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      6 days ago

      I hope so. Not sure what Europe or Germany would do with the former East Prussia. The territory is Fucked Up Beyond All Repair thanks to Ivan. Kick out all the Russians and turn it into a huge Wildlife National Park. Karelia and Crimea are obvious, they would return to Finland and Ukraine. Please add the Northern Territories going back to Japan.

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        It’s mostly about no longer letting Russia have access to the Baltic sea any more. They’ve done more than enough bad shit there to be put in permanent timeout at this point. What to do with the land after that is secondary

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      Poland is ready for it, so probably not. Putin isn’t one to start something with someone he knows can fight back. He wants a punching bag.