Russia dismisses report that says its surveillance drones are flying over US weapons routes in Germany

MOSCOW - The Kremlin dismissed on Aug 28 a New York Times report that Russia or its proxies were flying surveillance drones over routes that the US and its allies use to ferry military supplies through eastern Germany.

Asked about the report, in which NYT cited US and other Western officials, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that the Kremlin had not had time to read the story closely.

"But it’s hard to imagine, because then the Germans would have seen it clearly, and they would hardly have kept quiet. So, of course, all this looks more like another newspaper fake," he said.

The White House and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

US and German officials have been discussing alleged Russian sabotage activities, including details that contributed to the May

arrest of three Ukrainian men

allegedly involved in a plot linked to Russia, NYT said.

It said the sabotage activities had caused warehouse fires in Britain, a dam attack in Norway and

attempts to disrupt undersea cables in the Baltic Sea

that were aimed at destabilising Europe and eroding support for Ukraine, which was invaded by Russian forces in February 2022. REUTERS