Potential targets: Moscow releases data about European firms making drones for Ukraine

Published on 16/04/2026 - 21:14 GMT+2

The Russian Defence Ministry has published a database of European manufacturers that allgedly nutrient drones for Ukraine, saying specified associated ventures represent a "step towards escalation."

The ministry besides said that specified collaboration risks "increasingly dragging European countries into war," portion 1 Russian authoritative called the manufacturers imaginable subject targets.

The Russian Defence Ministry says that successful precocious March, the enactment of a fig of EU countries decided to summation the accumulation and proviso of drones to Ukraine for usage successful strikes connected Russian territory and to grow the financing of enterprises located successful European countries for the accumulation of onslaught drones and their components.

"We respect this determination arsenic a deliberate measurement starring to a crisp escalation of the subject and governmental concern connected the full European continentand the creeping translation of these countries into Ukraine's strategical rear," the Russian ministry said successful a statement, stressing that strikes against Russia utilizing drones produced successful Europe could pb to "unpredictable consequences."

"The European nationalist should not lone intelligibly recognize the existent causes of threats to their security, but besides cognize the addresses arsenic good arsenic the locations of 'Ukrainian' and 'joint' enterprises for the accumulation of UAVs and components for Ukraine connected the territory of their countries," the ministry said.

The published database includes 11 branches of alleged Ukrainian companies producing drones and components, among them locations successful the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany and Latvia.

Among the overseas enterprises allegedly producing UAVs and components for Ukraine, the coordinates of 10 companies successful Germany, Spain and Italy person been listed.

Military targets

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and erstwhile President Dmitry Medvedev said that the accusation "should beryllium perceived arsenic a database of imaginable targets for the Russian Armed Forces."

"The Russian Defence Ministry's connection should beryllium understood highly literally: the work of accumulation sites for drones and different subject instrumentality successful Europe is simply a registry of imaginable morganatic targets for the Russian equipped forces," Medvedev wrote successful a station connected X.

Since the opening of Russia's full-scale penetration of Ukraine, European countries person provided Kyiv with extended fiscal and subject aid, supplying the equipped forces with weapons systems and ammunition.

This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed agreements with Germany and Norway connected the associated accumulation of drones. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni besides expressed involvement successful specified cooperation.

"Supporting Ukraine is not lone a motivation duty, but besides a strategical necessity. Europe's information is astatine stake," she said after a gathering with Zelenskyy successful Rome.