Kremlin denies Russian surveillance drones fly over US weapons routes in Germany

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Kremlin denies Russian surveillance drones fly over US weapons routes in Germany

By Reuters
August 28, 20258:29 AM PDTUpdated 23 hours ago

Aug 28 (Reuters) - The Kremlin dismissed a New York Times report on Thursday that Russia or its proxies were flying surveillance drones over routes that the United States and its allies use to ferry military supplies through eastern Germany.

The newspaper quoted U.S. and other Western officials as saying Moscow was using the drones to collect intelligence that could be used to bolster a sabotage campaign against the West and to assist Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.

The White House and the Pentagon did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment, but a German foreign ministry official said Berlin was aware of reports about drone sightings, took the Russian threat to European security "very seriously" and was monitoring the situation closely.

Asked about the New York Times report, Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary, told journalists the Kremlin had not had time to read the story closely.

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