Parts of a Russian drone fell on Romanian territory, Romanian defence minister Angel Tilvar said on Wednesday, the HotNews website reported citing Romanian broadcaster Antena 3 CNN.
Ukraine said on Monday that Russian drones had detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River, but Bucharest denied then its territory had been hit.
“I confirm that pieces which might be the elements of a drone were found,” Tilvar said, according to HotNews.
He added the area was not evacuated because there was nothing to suggest that the parts posed a threat.
The defense and foreign ministries along with President Iohannis Klaus had all denied reports of the drones detonating on Romanian territory and said Russian attacks did not cause a direct threat to Romanian territory.
Moscow has conducted long-range air strikes on targets in Ukraine since the start of its invasion last year.
Since July, when Moscow abandoned a deal that lifted a de facto Russian blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, it has repeatedly struck Ukrainian river ports that lie across the Danube from Romania. REUTERS
