As Russian Drone Incursions Escalate, NATO Weighs Costs of Shooting Back
Sandu said Moldova recorded a sharp rise in drone incursions and believes some were deliberately directed by Russia.
- On August 24 in Kyiv, President of Moldova Maia Sandu stated that Russian drones are deliberately targeting Moldova, rejecting the idea that these incidents are merely navigational errors. She confirmed Chisinau has evidence of specific deliberate incursions.
- Moldova has recorded a significant increase this year in Russian drone airspace violations, which Sandu attributed to insufficient support for Ukraine's air defense capabilities. Enhanced defensive measures could prevent such breaches.
- Chisinau has invested in aerial surveillance, sharing data with Romania while seeking to establish joint air defense systems with regional partners. The President emphasized that a small country cannot resolve such complex threats alone.
- Emphasizing regional interdependence, Sandu concluded, "The more support Ukraine receives for its air defence, the better protected Moldova becomes, along with Ukraine." This highlights the necessity of collaborative security efforts.
- Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the first joint military exercises by the "Coalition of the Willing," led by the United Kingdom and France, will occur in October-November this year. These exercises follow the recent Kyiv summit.
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As Russian drone incursions escalate, NATO weighs costs of shooting back
For years, NATO countries have watched Russian drones breach their airspace, reluctant to shoot them down for fear of escalation. That restraint is now beginning to erode. After Russian drones killed civilians in Romania, while Russian electronic jamming continued diverting Ukrainian drones toward critical infrastructure in the Baltic region, NATO fighter jets finally began shooting intruders down. But using expensive air-to-air missiles to dest…
Russian drones fly into the territory of Moldova due to lack of support from Ukraine - Sandu's Sandu linked violation of Moldova's airspace to the lack of assistance to Ukraine to intercept drones. According to her, Russia has at least once sent a drone deliberately.
On the morning of 24 August, an unknown drone violated Moldova ' s airspace following a massive Russian attack on Ukraine, and Romania raised F-16 fighters to monitor the situation.
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