Putin says it's too early to say if the drone which strayed into Romania was Russian
Romanian officials said the drone entered airspace during Russian strikes on Ukraine, and the army had only four minutes to respond, officials said.
- On Friday, a drone struck an apartment building in Galati, Romania, injuring two people in the first residential hit outside Ukraine since Russia's 2022 invasion, though President Vladimir Putin denied Russian involvement.
- NATO tracking data showed the drone moving at nearly 200 kilometres an hour, yet Romanian forces scrambled F-16 fighter jets but could not safely intercept the target located less than 15 km from the Ukrainian border.
- Romanian President Nicusor Dan convened a national defence council and ordered the expulsion of the Russian consul general in Constanta, calling it 'the most serious incident to have affected our national territory' since the invasion.
- NATO chief Mark Rutte pledged air defence support and 'absolute solidarity,' while EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Russia's 'war of aggression' had 'crossed yet another line,' and Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the 'serious violation of NATO airspace.'
- Deflecting blame, Putin claimed Russia 'has never threatened and is not threatening European countries,' while similar security consultations have occurred three times since 2022, including incidents involving Poland and Estonia during the war in Ukraine.
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A drone that smashed into a Romanian apartment building set off furious condemnation of Russia by Romania and its NATO allies on Friday but President Vladimir Putin insisted there was no evidence to blame his country. Two people were injured in the first drone hit on a residential building outside Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Romania called the incident a "serious and irresponsible escalation" by its neighbour…
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As the story is told, a drone originating from inside Ukraine flew into a Romanian residential complex slightly wounding two people. When the Romanian government were first asked why they didn’t shoot down or neutralize the drone, Romanian officials said they thought it was a Ukrainian drone on route to Russia – so they did […]
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