Russians can transfer terror to any other country at any time – Zelenskyy
Russians can transfer terror to any other country at any time, different countries are already seeing incidents with drones on their territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
"Right now, Russian Shahed drones are hitting our people's homes, our infrastructure, but at any moment, Russians can transfer terror to any other country – wherever they are ordered. And now different countries are already seeing incidents with drones on their territory; also, everyone in the world has already seen how much war is changing because of drones. We need to consciously and fundamentally deprive regimes like the Russian one of such terrorist opportunities," Zelenskyy said in his evening address on Friday.
The president also said all those who help Russia build terrorist potential, circumvent sanctions, and build weapons production facilities must also be held accountable.
In particular, the head of state said the Shahed drones that hit houses in Brovary and Hlevakha were drones that were already produced in Russia.
"First, Iran transferred ready-made Shahed drones to Russia, then their own production was mastered in Tatarstan – one of the national territories that Moscow still controls. And although these Shahed drones are actually Russian, they still could not have been made there without foreign supplies. Each such Shahed drones, like each Russian missile, is made on the basis of foreign components – critical components, without which Russian terrorism would be impossible at all," Zelenskyy said.
He added that 31 Shahed drones drones last night are approximately 2,635 components from other countries, in particular, microcircuits, switches, transceivers.
"All supplies of any components for terrorism to Russia must be blocked in order to stop this terror. And this concerns not only the protection of life in Ukraine," Zelenskyy said.