Key facts
- A Russian bombing attack on a European weapons factory should trigger NATO's Article 5 mutual defense clause, according to EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius.
- Kubilius' comments were made on the margins of a European Parliament Defence and Security Committee meeting.
- Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned that weapons factories in European countries producing arms for Ukraine are potential military targets.
- Estonia attributed a recent arson attack on arms contractor Milrem Robotics to Russian secret services.
- Several European countries, including Bulgaria, Poland, and Slovakia, are investigating similar suspicious incidents at arms factories.
A Russian bombing attack on a European weapons factory should trigger NATO's Article 5 mutual defense clause, the EU's top defense official said Thursday, amid a growing number of suspicious incidents at arms factories across Europe that have been attributed to Russia.