Incident Involving Drone in Romania

from Sputnik News

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had just learned of an incident involving an alleged Russian drone in Romania.

"I was just told... It may seem strange, but I just learned, before entering this hall, that something happened with what was supposedly our drone," Putin told reporters. 

No one can say who the drone that crashed in Romania belongs to until an examination is carried out, the Russian president said, adding that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen did not visit Romania and did not examine the wreckage of the alleged Russian drone.

 

"We know that Ukrainian drones have flown into Finland, Poland, and some of the Baltic states. The initial reaction was exactly the same as now in Romania: look, the Russians are coming, the Russians are shooting. Then, a short time later, it turned out that these had nothing to do with Russian aircraft, but were drones of Ukrainian origin," Putin said.

 

Russia will conduct an objective investigation and provide an appropriate assessment if it receives objective data on the drone that crashed in Romania, Putin also said.

 

Earlier in the day, the Romanian Defense Ministry said that a drone had struck the roof of a building in Galati, injuring two people. Romanian authorities blamed Russia for the incident but provided no evidence. Furthermore, the Romanian military did not intercept the drone, although it was tracked by radar systems.