Were Russian Shaheds shot down in Romania: the country's Defense Ministry gave a clear answer

Were Russian Shaheds shot down in Romania: the country's Defense Ministry gave a clear answer Margarita Voloshina

Romania denied that Russian Shaheds were shot down/Collage 24 Channel

The Romanian Defense Ministry stated that the information that was disseminated online the day before about Romanian Gepard anti-aircraft guns shooting down Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drones is a lie.

Recently, a video was circulating on social networks that allegedly showed Romanian Gepards shooting at Russian drones, which subsequently fell in the country. . Romania has already condemned such irresponsible actions of Russia.

What the Romanian Ministry of Defense said

We would like to draw your attention to a series of false messages circulated on the X platform and other social networks, which claim that the Romanian army's air defense systems deployed on the border , opened fire on them (“Shahedah” – Channel 24), the Romanian Defense Ministry assured.

The country’s Ministry of Defense also noted that the Romanian forces and assets stationed in border zone with our state, in no such situation did they open fire on Russian drones.

On the eve it became known that NATO was concerned that during the Russian attack on Ukraine on the night On July 25, three Shaheds crossed the border of Romania, and fragments of one of them were discovered there. But they said that this was not a “deliberate attack” on the territory of the North Atlantic Alliance.