Germany’s move to blame Russia for Leipzig drone incident ‘a grave mistake,’ says Putin– Europe live
Russian president’s comments come ahead of EU ministers meeting later today to consider their response to drone attack last monthGerman police have opened a investigation into yesterday’s attempt to disrupt the operation of a power substation near Brandenburg.In a statement, Brandenburg police said they were leading a probe on suspicion of attempting to disrupt public services, causing an explosion and damaging critical infrastructure as well as forming a terrorist organisation Continue reading...
in Palermo After the EU said it was seriously considering using frozen Russian assets to support Kyiv following the hybrid drone attack in Germany, Italy’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, said on Wednesday Rome was not opposed to the idea, joining countries including the Netherlands, Spain and Poland. “We’re not opposed in principle, but we need to see whether there is a legal basis for doing so,” Tajani told state news agency Ansa, referring to calls from some countries to confiscate frozen Russian assets and use them to help Ukraine.
“The issue has always been that there may be legal problems with taking such action. We have discussed it many times, both within the European Union and in other international forums, and no decision was taken precisely for this reason – not for political reasons, but legal ones,” he added. Tajani also warned that Russia could try to influence Italy’s general election next year, and contests in other countries such as France, Poland, and Spain.
“It can