# Estonian ‘scoundrels’ dragging EU into confrontation, Zakharova says

https://mins.news/en/item/94837

- TASS, 2026-10-10 21:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2200383

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal and others were dragging the EU into confrontation. Michal had said the EU would commit all its resources to helping Ukraine turn Russian oil refineries into ruins; Zakharova questioned his authority to speak for the bloc.

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