During a mass missile attack on Ukraine, a Russian missile crossed Romanian airspace. Romania is a member of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO), but so far the country has not provided clear comments on this matter.
About this Channel 24political scientist Igor Reiterovich said. Russia can use such a position of NATO representatives to its advantage, he is convinced.
NATO does not comment on the incident with a missile that ended up in the sky over Romania, a NATO member country.
According to Reiterovich, in Russia such NATO statements are perceived as a sign of weakness.
How Russia can use it
The political scientist recalled the incident with a rocket in Poland, which is still under investigation. However, at that time the Russians did not know how to react to this and were even somewhat frightened. And when they realized that a lengthy official investigation would last, they began to say that they were afraid of Russia, they again threatened with missile and nuclear attacks on Berlin, Paris and other European capitals, the political scientist noted.
Such propaganda statements in Russia are no longer perceived even by the local population, Reiterovich stressed. Apparently, their instinct for self-preservation is somewhat higher than that of Russian propagandists.
According to the expert, although many older generations of Russians support the war and are nostalgic for the Soviet Union, most of them remain afraid of nuclear war.
The Russians will use information about a rocket that fell somewhere to raise the morale of their electorate and urge them to join the army, mobilize and go to die in Ukraine. – the political scientist concluded.
Reiterovich commented on the incident with a missile over Romania: watch the video
Russian missile ended up over Romania : what is known
- On February 10, Russia massively fired missiles at Ukraine. In addition, two Russian Kalibr-type missiles crossed the airspace of Romania, a member of NATO.
- The Romanian Defense Ministry said they did not confirm the information about a Russian missile over its territory. They noted that the closest point of the target trajectory to Romanian airspace was recorded by radar systems about 35 kilometers northeast of the border.
- The representative of NATO Secretary General Jensa Stoltenberg, in turn, decided to refer to statement of the Ministry of Defense of Romania. That is, the Alliance shares the position that there seemed to be no missiles in the airspace of the country.
