Yulia Zhdanova heads the Russian delegation at the forum of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) in Vienna.[1][2]
Statement on drone deliveries
On 7 October 2026, according to a report by the Russian state agency TASS, which was picked up by the Czech News Agency, she named several states, among them Czechia, as participants in the war in Ukraine. She claimed that these countries supply drones to the Ukrainian army. She listed Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy and Czechia as “accomplices”, saying of Czechia that it “de facto also takes part in the Ukrainian conflict”. She added that the locations of drone production in these countries had been published by the Russian Ministry of Defence and that, according to her, Russia would continue to focus on these countries.[1][2]
Chronology
- — The head of the Russian delegation at the OSCE forum in Vienna, Yulia Zhdanova, called Czechia an accomplice in the war in Ukraine because of drone deliveries to the Ukrainian army. → ČTK / České noviny Novinky.cz
Sources
- ČTK / České noviny — 7 October 2026
- Novinky.cz — 7 October 2026