Russia says it will respond if Ukraine uses foreign airspace to attack its Baltic ports


FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov looks on as Russia's President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) and Togo's President of the Council of Ministers Faure Gnassingbe (not pictured) meet at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/File Photo

MOSCOW, March ⁠31 (Reuters) - Russia will respond if other ⁠countries allow Ukraine to use ‌their airspace to launch drone attacks on Russian Baltic ports, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

Ukraine ​has stepped up attacks ⁠on Russia's oil ⁠export infrastructure over the past month, launching ⁠its ‌heaviest drone strikes of the more than four-year war ⁠against the Baltic ports of Ust-Luga ​and ‌Primorsk.

"If airspace is being provided for ⁠carrying out ​hostile, terrorist activity against the Russian Federation, this will compel us to draw ⁠the appropriate conclusions and ​take corresponding measures," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

He said Russia's military was closely ⁠monitoring and analysing developments and making recommendations that are reviewed by the Kremlin.

Peskov said work was under way ​to secure all critical ⁠infrastructure, but facilities could not be ​100% protected from "terrorist attacks".

(Reporting ‌by Dmitry Antonov; Writing ​by Anna Peverieri and Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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