"EU residents will not be able to sleep in peace". Medvedev "warned" Europe that incidents with Russian drones will continue to occur

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has made harsh statements to European countries, warning about the alleged further appearance of "roaming" drones on their territory. According to him, such incidents will continue, and the residents of the European Union allegedly "will not be able to sleep peacefully." This was reported by Reuters.

Medvedev also said that the ownership of the drone that crashed into a multi-storey building in the Romanian city of Galati the day before has yet to be established. At the same time, he criticised EU leaders, calling them "impotent", and called for an end to outrage over such incidents, claiming that European countries were allegedly "directly involved in a war against Russia".

Let them prepare: this will continue. There is a war going on! And EU citizens, as the population of warring states, will not be able to sleep peacefully," Medvedev said.

He added that such incidents could be repeated in areas where European countries produce drones for Ukraine.

He claimed that European drones, components and intelligence are used daily in attacks against Russia, allegedly causing damage to residential buildings and civilian deaths.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking to journalists in Kazakhstan, said he had "just heard" about the drone incident in Romania. He noted that without expertise it was impossible to establish where exactly the drone had come from.

The first reaction to UAVs in other countries is always panic, and then it often turns out that they are Ukrainian," Putin said, adding that in his opinion, this could be the situation.

Medvedev has previously made harsh statements about European countries. In particular, in April, the Russian Defence Ministry circulated alleged addresses of international enterprises, claiming that drones were being produced there jointly with Ukraine. Medvedev said at the time that these addresses were "potential targets" for the Russian armed forces.

Drone incident in Romania

On the night of 29 May, Russian drones attacked Ukraine's Odessa region. One of them crossed the border and crashed into a multi-storey residential building in the Romanian municipality of Galati. Despite having authorisation, pilots of aircraft on duty over the country were unable to shoot it down.

As a result of the incident, two people suffered bruises and were taken for medical attention. About 70 other residents were evacuated from the damaged part of the building.

Romanian Foreign Minister Oana-Silvia Tsoiu said the drone was Russian. She said Moscow bears "direct responsibility for these serious and irresponsible actions" and Romania intends to take diplomatic measures in response to the "gross violation of international law and the country's airspace".

Bucharest also informed EU and NATO allies about the details of the incident and called for accelerating the transfer of counter-drone capabilities to Romania.

For her part, NATO spokeswoman Alison Hart condemned Russia's "reckless actions", stressing that the Alliance is in contact with the Romanian authorities and will continue to strengthen allied defences against all aerial threats, including drones.