Kremlin: There's No Reason To Blame Russia For Terror Of European Drones

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov/Obviously Peter Kovalev/TASS

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed there was no reason to blame Russia for a series of drone discovery incidents in a number of European countries in recent weeks.

Peskov said this on Monday, October 6, after media in Denmark, Norway, and Germany reported an unidentified drone near the airport, which was partly linked to Russia.

"Once again, there is no reason to blame Russia for this. I have just read a report that a local aviation fan was arrested in a city in Europe for testing drones," Peskov said.

The unknown drone was seen, caused panic, then it turned out that the perpetrators were local residents without any relationship with Russia. It's just a small and isolated example, but it seems we need to expand the perspective," he continued.

According to Peskov, many politicians in Europe now tend to accuse Russia of various events without clear evidence.

"The situation with this drone, at least, can be called a strange thing," he said.

Previously, Munich International Airport in Germany temporarily suspended all flights on Thursday night after several drone detections in airport airspace, airport managers said in a statement, Friday (3/10).

The disruption caused 17 flight departures to be canceled and 15 arrival flights diverted to Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Vienna, and Frankfurt, impacting some 3,000 passengers.

The incident in Munich adds to a list of airspace disturbances in several European Union countries, including Poland, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, and Denmark.

Moscow insists it was not involved in the series of air violations and calls the allegations an attempt to cloud relations between Russia and European countries.