Sergey Lavrov said British delivery of attack drones to Ukraine would mean "participation in a war"

German federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that a Ukrainian man, Vladimir Zhuravlev, had been arrested in Croatia on suspicion of taking part in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline bombing. Russia has accused Britain’s Special Boat Service of assisting the operation; London denies this. In a separate development, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that Britain’s delivery of attack drones to Ukraine would be viewed as direct entry into the conflict with serious consequences. The exchange underscores rising tension over underwater infrastructure: Russian officials have previously threatened Britain’s undersea cables, and several Scottish islands have suffered outages this year from accidental breaks. The Kremlin denies mapping cables, but the situation has made Scotland’s island communities a focus of concern.