Zelenskyy Warns Russia Could Hit Other European States With Drones, Missiles as Risk Stays Very High
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 22
Zelenskyy Warns Russia Could Hit Other European States With Drones, Missiles as Risk Stays Very High
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 22
Summary
At the UN in New York, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia could attack European countries bordering Russia or Belarus with drones, missiles or even ground operations, calling the risk of a new offensive “very high.”
Zelenskyy said Vladimir Putin, still unable to secure a decisive victory in Ukraine, may try to destabilize other parts of Europe to fracture unity and weaken Western support for Kyiv.
Recent incidents have sharpened those fears: Germany tied an Aug. 4 attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport to Russia, Romania reported a drone entering its airspace on Sept. 8, and NATO jets downed another over Lithuania a week later.
European leaders have echoed the warning, with Germany's Friedrich Merz and Poland's Donald Tusk both cautioning this month that Russian drone or missile attacks could target NATO states backing Ukraine.
The warning came after Zelenskyy's meeting with Donald Trump, where he said Ukraine discussed a possible halt to energy-infrastructure strikes and sought more Patriot air-defense missiles before winter.