AbroadYesterday, 14:443 Romania did not confirm the information that Russian missiles reached its airspace

Romania is a NATO member, and if such information is confirmed, the alliance will need a response for the arrival of Russian missiles on its territory.

As the Romanian Ministry of Defense explained, the armed forces detected an air target, most likely a cruise missile, launched from a Russian ship in the Black Sea region near the Crimean peninsula.

This missile flew in the airspace of the Republic of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, and even once entered Ukrainian airspace, without crossing Romanian airspace.

In the statement, it was stated that the closest point of the missile’s route to Romanian airspace was recorded by radar systems about 35 kilometers northeast of the border.

Meanwhile, Moldova announced on Friday that it would summon Russia’s ambassador after a Russian missile entered its airspace during the morning bombardment of Ukraine.

In the statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an ambassador will be summoned “to indicate to the Russian side that a missile flying over the sovereign territory of the Republic of Moldova violated our airspace today”.

As Zaluzhny explained, at 10:18 am, two Russian cruise missiles “Kalibr” crossed the border between Ukraine and Moldova. At around 10:33 am, these missiles crossed Romanian airspace. After that, they re-entered Ukrainian airspace at the intersection of the borders of the three countries.

He added that the missiles were launched from the Black Sea.

Moldovan Ministry of Defense confirmed information that a Russian missile had crossed Moldovan airspace.

“At 10.18, the responsible authorities detected a missile flying in the airspace of the Republic of Moldova in the direction of Ukraine over the city of Mokraj in the Transnistria region and then the city of Koseuci in the Sorok region, ” the ministry said in a statement.

The representative of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the Ukrainian Air Force could shoot down Russian missiles that entered the airspace of Romania and Moldova, but did not do so due to the threat to citizens of other countries. Ukraine Yuriy Ikhnat.

“The Air Force could have shot down these enemy missiles, but they understood the risks and threats to the people of another country, so they didn’t,” Ihnat said. Said. “After these missiles entered the territory of Moldova, they crossed the airspace of Moldova and Romania and then again entered the Ukrainian airspace in the Chernivtsi region. There was a possibility of being hit before they reached the Ukrainian border. But it was not done, because there was a threat of the missiles falling on the territory of these countries, so they flew and they were taken care of inside.”

At the same time, he recalled that this was not the first such provocation of Moscow in the outer airspace – similar cases were previously recorded in Moldova.

Moldova to summon Russian ambassador

Moldova announced on Friday that it would summon the Russian ambassador after a Russian missile entered its airspace during the morning bombardment of Ukraine.

In the statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an ambassador will be summoned “to indicate to the Russian side that a missile flying over the sovereign territory of the Republic of Moldova violated our airspace today”.