VIENNA, November 9. /TASS/. The European Union is rapidly increasing its cooperation with Kiev in developing means for delivering strikes deep into Russian territory and is actively deepening cooperation between the European and Ukrainian military industries, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said.
"We draw attention to the explosive growth of cooperation between the EU countries and the Kiev regime in developing means for delivering high-precision strikes deep into Russian territory," he said in a video message to the participants of a roundtable discussion on the militarization of Europe at the OSCE venue.
"Europe sees it as crucial to deepen cooperation between the European military-industrial complex and Ukrainian structures, with a focus on autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and long-range precision weapons."
The diplomat said the primary focus is on missile technologies and the development of advanced unmanned systems.
"Within the framework of the European defense industry program, a support tool for Ukraine was established. Already, some elements of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex were relocated to the territory of EU countries," Ryabkov said. "In essence, there is a systemic intertwining of the military-industrial potentials of EU countries and Ukraine."