Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday harshly criticized Ottawa’s drone production take care of Ukraine, calling Canada a “warmonger” nation and vowing “an appropriate response.”
The ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova told a press briefing in Moscow that the deal, which is able to see Canadian-made drones head to the battlefield in Ukraine, amounts to a “significant” escalation in Canada’s involvement within the war with Russia.
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“All pretense has been forged aside,” Zakharova said in Russian, in accordance with a translated transcript.
“The complete base nature of a state removed from being peace-loving has been revealed, but relatively a warmonger, looking for by any means essential to further fuel this bloody conflict. We reserve the appropriate to supply an appropriate response.”
Zakharova said Russia would account for the Canada-Ukraine drone deal in its military and political planning, and vowed to publish the addresses of all Canadian production facilities participating within the drone deal.
Global News has reached out to Global Affairs Canada for a response to Russia’s comments.
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