In France, a factory producing drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was attacked, a suspected espionage was detained
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- In France, an attack was carried out on the Delair plant, which produces drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
- Unknown people threw Molotov cocktails at the building, but the damage was minimal.
- Later, a Belarusian suspected of espionage and transferring data to the Russian Federation was detained.
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In France, an attack was carried out on a plant producing drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). According to the Paris prosecutor's office, the Delair plant in the southwest of the country was attacked.
CCTV footage shows that unknown persons threw Molotov cocktails at the building. However, as a result of the incident, the enterprise was practically not damaged, since the incendiary mixture “did not explode.”
A few days after the attack, not far from the plant building, the French General Directorate of Internal Security detained a man “who was filming the company’s prototype drone” on suspicion of espionage. The prosecutor's office clarified that we are talking about a native of Belarus who allegedly sent recordings to another person in Russia. He is currently in custody.
Germany and Ukraine agreed on joint production of ground-based drones
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Ukraine and Germany have agreed on the joint production of TerMIT ground robotic systems (GRC).
According to him, the necessary production capacities will be created in Germany, and then the NRC will be supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Pistorius also called Ukraine and Germany strategic partners and said that the countries are focusing on joint development of advanced unmanned systems of all ranges, in particular in the area of providing deep strike capabilities.
The head of the Dutch Ministry of Defense, Dilan Jeshilgeuz-Zegerius, in turn, boasted that her country is helping Ukraine produce drones.
According to her, the Netherlands has allocated 248 million euros for the production of drones for Ukraine. She also noted that the drone industry “helps strengthen” the industry in the Netherlands.
Russia has revealed the addresses of enterprises producing UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In April, the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed the addresses of enterprises in Europe that produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for attacks on Russian territory and components for them.
The list included 11 branches of Ukrainian companies located in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland and the Czech Republic. They produce drones of the types “Fierce”, “Anubis”, “Da Vinci”, “Bulava”, “Sticker”, FP-1, FP-2, “HaKi” AK-1000, AQ-400 “Scythe”, “Rue” and RAM-2X. The addresses of ten enterprises in Germany, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Israel and Turkey that produce components for drones were also published.
