Europe has no alternatives to Russia's Ka-32 firefighting helicopters, and by banning the servicing of and spare parts supplies for Russian aircraft, the European Union is hurting itself, Russia's state technology corporation Rostec told TASS. They abandoned the use of our Be-200 aircraft, which spent many years helping fight wildfires in Europe. Now, because of the ban on servicing and spare parts supplies, Spain's fleet of Ka-32 firefighting helicopters has been grounded, and local authorities have nothing to replace it with," Rostec said. As a result, wildfires are now spreading right up to populated areas," Rostec said. Earlier, Berliner Zeitung newspaper reported that European Union sanctions against Russia are hindering wildfire-fighting operations in France and Spain because European countries are unable to use Russian-made Ka-32 helicopters.