Moscow reportedly accused the United States and Poland of being involved in the attacks on Russian territory after Ukraine introduced drone movements inside Russia this month.
An anonymous member of a Russian security firm told TASS on Friday that knowledge of the intercepted drones shows the involvement of either country in plans to launch attacks.
“The competent agencies of the Russian Federation have analyzed the electronic parts of intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles [UAVs], used through Ukraine for attacks on Russian infrastructure objects, especially in the regions of Sevastopol, Crimea, Kursk, Belgorod and Voronezh,” the source said. TASS, a Russian state-owned news agency, said. Newsweek has not been to independently determine the claims.
Ukraine introduced drone movements into Russia more than a week ago, adding one that hit an oil tanker at an airfield in Kursk. The Kursk region borders Ukraine, but attacks have also been carried out far beyond Russia.
Russian officials said there were two explosions, one at the Engels airfield in the Saratov region, about 373 miles from Ukraine, and another involving a tanker truck submerged at the Dyagilevo airfield near the town of Ryazan, about 127 miles southeast of Moscow. installation in the Bryansk region, about 80 km inside the border between Russia and Ukraine, also attacked.
The source claimed on Friday that the tests of the Russian agency revealed “the direct participation of the United States and Poland in the great military logistics of the Kiev regime, in the preparation and implementation of joint terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation. “
“The avionics and drone stations were produced through Spektreworks, an American company that conducted the tuning and initial verification of the drones at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona. “
The source also said that Russian security agencies said the latest meeting and flight tests of the drones were conducted on Polish territory, near Rzeszow airport, which Moscow says is used through the US. The US and NATO as the main point of origin of Ukrainian forces.
A U. S. State Department spokesperson The U. S. Department of Health and Prevention told Newsweek on Dec. 6 that the U. S. government is not yet in the U. S. The U. S. inspires Ukraine to launch attacks beyond its territories.
“President Biden has been very clear: We do not inspire or allow Ukraine to attack beyond its borders,” the spokesman said. “We don’t know when this war will end, but we do know this: Ukraine will emerge victorious. The United States will remain attached to Ukraine for as long as necessary.
The Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of Soviet-era drone strikes on Russia, which were aimed at “disabling Russian long-range aircraft. “in the 1970s and 1980s.
Although Ukraine did not claim the duty of the attacks, it celebrated them. A senior Ukrainian official recently told ABC News that Ukrainian special forces are deep inside Russian territory and are helping advise drones at at least one of the affected bases.
At a meeting of NATO foreign ministers on November 29 in Bucharest, Romania, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs encouraged Kyiv to attack Russian territory and said Ukraine could militarily attack Russia’s internal border because Russia was attacking Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
“We allow Ukrainians to use weapons to target missile sites or airfields from which such operations are launched,” Rinkēvičs told Bloomberg.
The Russian embassy in Riga, Latvia, expressed displeasure with Rinkēvičs’ comments at the time, describing them as “an incitement to start a full-scale war. “
Russia has introduced missile strikes in Ukraine in recent weeks, leading to power cuts, while some have hit the force’s facilities. The missiles also targeted critical infrastructure near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.
Newsweek has reached out to Poland’s White House and Foreign Ministry for comment.
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