Drone hysteria, Kiev gunfights, and aviation threats: RT stories that shaped the week

Drone hysteria, Kiev gunfights, and aviation threats: RT stories that shaped the week

RT’s essential stories of the past seven days also included a warning from Washington over Ukraine’s energy war and a gathering of Eurasian powers in Bishkek
Europe sees Russian drones everywhereGermany found a new Russian threat this week, accusing Russia of staging a drone incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport in August, where an explosives-laden UAV was reportedly found between Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft.
Before returning to Germany, RT India reports on a case of Ukrainian mercenaries who a drone at a passenger jet in Myanmar, and are now languishing in an Indian jail.
Berlin launched a raft of anti-Russian measures, including closing Moscow’s consulate in Bonn, ending the lease of the Russian House cultural center in Berlin, tightening border controls for Russian nationals, and drawing up another sanctions list.
But as these stories usually go, Berlin presented no actual proof that Russia had anything to do with the drone.
Where is the evidence? Well, they planted the evidence, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, suggesting that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz needs the image of an aggressive Russia to distract from factory closures, job losses, and falling living standards at home.
Berlin’s outburst is the latest evidence of the mass Russian drone hysteria that has gripped many of Kiev’s European backers. No claims of Russian drones over airports, military bases, and infrastructure have been proven, while the Brussels hymn sheet includes ‘hybrid attacks’ and a ‘drone wall’.

The fact that no investigators have confirmed any of the numerous claims, nor produced any evidence of hostile drone activity, has remained conveniently ignored in the Western mainstream.
Kiev gets desperate, threatens EVERYONEWhile European governments searched the skies for Russian drones that may or may not exist, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky threw subtlety out the window and issued a direct threat to virtually all aircraft flying in Russia’s airspace.
Read more The safe days in Russia’s skies are over, Zelensky declared on Tuesday, warning every airline using Russian airspace that Kiev’s expanding long-range campaign would make flying increasingly dangerous.
After threatening not only Russian passengers, but also airlines from Türkiye, China, the Gulf, Central Asia, and even Europe, Kiev demanded that the International Civil Aviation Organization effectively close Russian airspace to all international traffic. The ICAO did not oblige.
RT looked at who exactly Zelensky was threatening, how many people use Russia’s skies daily, whether Kiev could actually close Russia’s enormous airspace, and why foreign airlines have so far refused to panic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin Zelensky’s threats as a blatant move toward state terrorism, which calls into question the prospects for future dialogue. There are no negotiations with terrorists, he said, warning that Russia would respond if Kiev’s threats resulted in tragedy.
Aviation expert that Zelensky’s threat is an act of desperation after weeks of punishing Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports, energy facilities, warehouses, and military infrastructure.
Read more Domestic issues keep mounting for ZelenskyOver the week, Zelensky’s problems at home only grew as agents of the SBU and HUR, two of the country’s most powerful security agencies, exchanged gunfire in a residential district of the Ukrainian capital. The shootout took place over the detention of an officer from the neo-Nazi-linked Russian Volunteer Corps. Three servicemen were wounded.
Meanwhile, in Kiev’s suburbs, residents have been demanding answers as to why their government is storing explosives beside their homes. The protests came after a Russian strike on a Ukrainian ammunition depot in the village of Milaya triggered hours of secondary explosions, scattering ordnance throughout the s