# Envoy: Kyiv’s threats against Russian civil aviation aim to disrupt Russia-US contacts

https://mins.news/en/item/46158

- TASS, 2026-09-05 00:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2182997

> Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s threats against Russia’s civil aviation are intended to disrupt contacts between Moscow and Washington. He said Europeans, with Zelenskyy acting as their intermediary, are continually seeking to sever Russia-US ties and are irritated by dialogue between the two capitals.

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