Neither account could be independently verified, a rare report of stray weapons from the war in Ukraine hitting a neighbouring member of the Western military alliance.
“According to Ukraine’s state border guard service, last night, during a massive Russian attack near the port of Izmail, Russian ‘Shakheds’ fell and detonated on the territory of Romania,” foreign ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said, referring to Iranian-made drones.
“At no time did Russia’s means of attack generate direct military threats on Romanian national territory or waters.” NATO has a collective defence commitment under which the military alliance considers an attack on one ally to be an attack on all allies. Officials in Kyiv said Monday’s attack damaged Ukrainian warehouses and set buildings ablaze, hours before Erdogan was due to meet Putin in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi. Turkey, also a NATO member, has sponsored the Black Sea grain export deal and Erdogan has said he expects to persuade Putin to rejoin it.
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