2023-09-09 16:06:09
(Bucharest) Romanian soldiers discovered drone debris “similar to those used by the Russian army” on Saturday around the village of Plauru (east) near the Ukrainian border, the Romanian Defense Ministry announced.
Published at 12:06 p.m. Updated at 12:45 p.m.
“There is no indication that there was any intention (on the part of Russia) to strike NATO, but the attacks are destabilizing,” reacted the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg on the X network ( formerly Twitter). He said he had spoken on this subject with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.
NATO is “in solidarity” with Romania, one of the allied countries, and “I welcome the American decision to deploy more F-16 (fighters) as part of the protection and surveillance of airspace of NATO,” added Mr. Stoltenberg.
“I strongly condemn this violation of our sovereign airspace which constitutes a threat to Romanian citizens in the sector,” declared Klaus Iohannis, also on the social network X.
It was the Romanian navy which carried out the search after drone debris had already been discovered during the week, a few kilometers away.
“During the search, drone debris similar to those used by the Russian army was discovered,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement, specifying that they would be assessed.
The army will continue its search operations, said the Romanian Ministry of Defense.
On Thursday, Mr. Stoltenberg said there was no indication that the Russian drone debris found in Romania was a sign of a deliberate Russian attack against this NATO and European Union member country. .
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, NATO has been working to prevent the war from spreading to its member countries.
According to Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty, any attack against one of the member countries is supposed to result in a collective response from the organization, which poses the risk of being drawn into a war against Russia, nuclear power.
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