2023-09-04 20:21:18
“The Ministry of National Defense categorically denies reports that Russian drones fell on Romania’s national territory on the night of September 3-4,” the department said in a statement.
“The offensive means used by the Russian Federation have not created an immediate military threat against the national territory or the territorial waters of Romania”, noted the ministry, adding that measures have been taken “to increase vigilance”. in land, sea and air.
Bucharest’s reaction comes in response to an announcement by the spokesman for Ukrainian diplomacy, Oleg Nikolenko, who reported the fall of Russian drones on the territory of Romania, a NATO member country, overnight from Sunday to Monday.
“According to the Ukrainian Border Guard Service, Russian Shahids fell last night, during a massive Russian attack near the port of Izmail, and exploded in the territory of Romania,” he wrote on Facebook.
The official also posted a photo showing flames from an explosion on the opposite bank of the Danube, the dividing line between the Ukrainian region of Odessa and Romanian territory.
For his part, the chief of staff of the Ukrainian president, Andriy Yermak, estimated, via Telegram, that the incident showed the need to increase supplies of modern air defense and long-range weapons to Ukraine.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the attack targeted a Ukrainian shipbuilding company in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, where unmanned boats were assembled from imported components.
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