Russia dismisses report that says its surveillance drones are flying over US weapons routes in Germany

The Kremlin dismissed on Thursday a New York Times report that Russia or its proxies were flying surveillance drones over routes that the United States and its allies use to ferry military supplies through eastern Germany.

The NYT cited U.S. and other Western officials.

Asked about the report by journalists, Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin had not had time to read the story closely.


"But it’s hard to imagine, because then the Germans would have seen it clearly, and they would hardly have kept quiet. So, of course, all this looks more like another newspaper fake," he said.

The White House and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.