Because of the missiles, Romania raised two fighter jets, which conducted training under the command of NATO.
NATO refused to comment on the information provided by the Ukrainian side about the passage of Russian missiles through Moldova and the country of the Alliance – Romania.
The Washington Post writes about this with reference to the speaker of the NATO Secretary General.
Commenting on this incident with a Russian missile, the Secretary General referred to the statement of the Romanian Ministry of Defense. In particular, the statement says that a missile fired at Ukraine crossed Moldova and approached the Romanian border at a distance of 22 miles (35 km). Therefore, Romania has flown two fighter jets that have been trained under NATO command.
“An aerial target launched from the Black Sea from a Russian Federation ship near the Crimean peninsula, most likely a cruise missile that flew over Ukrainian territory and then crossed Moldova and re-entered Ukrainian airspace, has never crossing Romanian airspace,” the Defense Department says.
However, due to an enemy target that was seen near the border, at 10:38, two MiG-21 Lancer fighters “were redirected to the north-east of Romania. After about two minutes, the situation cleared up and the two aircraft resumed their original mission.”
What is known about Russian missiles over a NATO country
Recall, February 10 During the attack on Ukraine, two Russian missiles crossed the airspace of Moldova and Romania. This was confirmed by Ukrainian officials. According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, at 10:18. two Russian cruise missiles “Caliber” crossed the state border of Ukraine with the Republic of Moldova. Approximately at 10:33 these missiles crossed the airspace of Romania.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called this a “challenge for NATO”.
The Romanian Ministry of Defense did not confirm the flight of a Russian missile over the territory of the country, promising to provide additional information later.
