Overview
- The European Commission is advancing a border drone-defense initiative called Eastern Flank Watch for EU countries bordering Russia.
- Defense commissioner Andrius Kubilius said the Commission seeks to roll out the project within roughly a year.
- The plan envisions layered monitoring and interception capabilities on land, in the air and at sea.
- Russian officials, including Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov and OSCE delegate Yulia Zhdanova, derided the “drone wall” idea as harmful, meaningless and unattainable.
- Latvia’s prime minister, Evika Silina, said she supports the concept in principle but described it as very raw and noted that member states do not yet know the details.