New Delhi, July 29 -- Italy's top anti-mafia prosecutor told parliament this week that Cosa Nostra was seeking mine-laying drones from the black market created by the war in Ukraine - weapons Italian law enforcement openly admitted it cannot defend against. Russia's Foreign Ministry used the disclosure on Wednesday to restate a warning Moscow has been directing at Brussels since 2022.

'You will never be able to bring under control the monster you have created,'" spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in remarks to Sputnik radio Wednesday, commenting on the Italian prosecutor's statement.

Palermo Chief Prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia made the disclosure on Tuesday before Italy's parliamentary Antimafia Commission. The intelligence came from state...