The governor of Russia’s Pskov region, Mikhail Vedernikov, said Sunday that NATO drones attempted to cross the border into his territory, which borders Latvia and Estonia, before the invasion of Ukraine began.
«We have never provided extensive coverage of that, but there were attempts by military unmanned aerial vehicles and other aircraft to illegally cross the border,» Vedernikov was quoted as saying by Russia’s TASS news agency.
In addition, the governor assured that «peaceful interaction» through border cooperation programs was «flourishing» before the start of the special military operation – Putin’s euphemism for the war that began in February – but now «all that has worsened».
Vedernikov uttered these words during the 3rd International Media Forum in Pskov and captured them in a video shared via his Telegram channel.
