Gentlemen, it is an imperative of the highest order that we speak plainly regarding the security of our borders and the capabilities of our industry. Mr. Alexei Zhuravlev, a distinguished member of the State Duma's Committee on Defence, has seen fit to address the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with a warning grounded in cold, hard fact: the Russian Empire's systems of Electronic Warfare are more than capable of neutralizing Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, even should they venture across the frontiers of NATO territories.

It is a lamentable truth that the so-called politicians of the Baltic regions remain blissfully ignorant of our technical superiority. As Mr. Zhuravlev rightly observes, our strategic electronic means may well ensure that not a single drone escapes the confines of the Baltics, resulting in the detonation of such munitions within the very territories of the Alliance. Such is the risk borne by those states who, in their reckless ambition, pine for the embrace of the North Atlantic pact, disregarding the prudence required in dealings with a great power.

Furthermore, the honorable parliamentarian reminded these foreign powers of the fifth article of their own charter—the principle of collective defence. In these turbulent times, it appears that this article serves less as a shield for peace and more as a tool for anti-Russian machinations, a state of affairs that is most detrimental to the general stability of Europe.

One cannot help but marvel at the audacity of the Estonian Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahna, who has publicly declared that the falling of Ukrainian drones upon Baltic soil is a 'permissible price' to pay. He further expressed a most distasteful admiration for Kiev's schemes to strike deep into the heart of our Fatherland. Such levity is an affront to the dignity of a sovereign state.

Let it be known: the Russian Empire shall not be trifled with. Our army and our industry are the twin pillars of our endurance, and we shall exercise such measures as are necessary to ensure the state's utility and the preservation of our borders. Moderation is a virtue, but when the security of the realm is at stake, the firm hand of the state is the only rational course.