Ukrainian Banderites behind European drone frenzy: Russia's Medvedev
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that the far-right Ukrainian Banderites are behind the European drone frenzy.
Medvedev, who is presently the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, on the Max messaging app, said that the drones that were recently sighted in the airspace of several European countries may have been launched by the Banderites for political purposes.
"There is an Unidentified Flying Drones, or UFD frenzy in European cities. Drones have been spotted everywhere - near military bases, at airports, in the fields and over cities. And it is unclear who deploys them," the politician wrote.
Medvedev suggested the violation of European airspace could be part of a Black Ops covert operation with the objective of agitating European leaders, scaring them into increasing their arms purchases.
The drone operation could be "Banderite provocations designed to boost weapons supplies or unleash a war."
And the war scenario looks quite real to the senior Russian security official, "even as the trajectory of a routine drone can be tracked."
"Launching drones in Europe is a safer operation" for those he called a crowd of senseless Ukrainians who had fled military service "than on the front line."
The close ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin cast doubt about the idea that pro-Russian supporters in those countries were behind the recent drone activity, aiming "to destabilize the EU" bloc.
Medvedev wrote that another possible scenario is that the local intelligence services wanted to make an assessment of the combat readiness of the regional countries air defense systems.
He added that the drone incursions could even be an inside job involving mischief-makers in Europe.
Regarding the view that Russia might have directly fired the drones, Medvedev quoted Putin himself, who said jokingly at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday that he would no longer send drones to Europe.
Another theory is that the perpetrators of the drone violations, whoever they are, aimed to sabotage the Ukraine peace talks for the time being.
Banderites derives from the name Stepan Bandera, who was a WWII onward Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical militant faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Today, it refers to far-right Ukrainian militants.
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