Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said NATO is openly assisting
Ukraine to acquire weapons capable of destroying strategic targets deep inside
Russia, a development she said raises the risk of direct NATO-Russia
confrontation. She said a NATO tender issued mid‑month for €250,000 (about 1.93
mln yuan) explicitly sought solutions to “keep airports disabled,” prioritizing
unmanned systems able to operate in environments with signal jamming and
electronic warfare and to strike runways, fuel storage and ground-support
facilities. Zakharova said the contract showed NATO was accelerating Ukraine’s
integration into its command structure and defense-industrial base and treating
Ukraine as a testbed for emerging military technologies.
