(Reuters) – 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.
(Reporting by Alan Charlish, Luiza Ilie and Jason Hovet, Editing by Alexandra Hudson)
