Jean-Noël Barrot Calls Russian Drone Flight Ridiculous Provocation
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned a Russian drone flight near the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in Sweden as a "ridiculous provocation."The Swedish navy used electronic signals to jam the device approximately thirteen kilometers away from the vessel while it was in the Öresund strait.Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson confirmed that a technical investigation identified the Russian signals intelligence ship Zhigulevsk as the drone's origin point.While
Kremlin spokesperson
Dmitry Peskov dismissed the findings as absurd, Swedish and Danish authorities have launched a joint investigation into the breach.