# Diplomat: Zelensky’s ‘aerial blackmail,’ Europe’s anti-Russian hysteria are planned escalation

https://mins.news/en/item/51358

- TASS, 2026-09-09 13:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2184861

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Vladimir Zelensky’s warnings about possible Ukrainian drone attacks on civilian aircraft “aerial blackmail” aimed at sowing chaos in Russia. She described Europe’s anti-Russian reaction after the Leipzig drone incident as a planned escalation approved by the EU and NATO, and said the Professor Molchanov vessel’s situation remains unresolved.

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