Moldova condemns that during Russia’s attack on Ukraine, a missile flew through its airspace

Moldova condemned the violation of its airspace during a missile attack launched by Russia against Ukraine this Friday, an incident it “strongly” condemned. Kiev assured that it also affected Romania, which, unlike Moldova, is a member of NATO, but the Romanian authorities denied this.

Ministry of Defense of Moldova indicated The statement said it detected “at 10:18 local time (08:18 GMT) a missile that crossed the airspace of the Republic of Moldova.”

The missile flew over “the city of Mokra, in the separatist region of Transnistria, and later, in Kosauchi, in the Soroka region, in the direction of Ukraine,” he explains. “The Ministry of Defense, in cooperation with the responsible structures of the country, is closely monitoring the situation in the region and strongly condemns the violation of the airspace of the Republic of Moldova,” the military establishment emphasizes.

Kosaut is located about 130 kilometers from the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia, where explosions were reported this Friday, as well as Zaporozhye, Odesa, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Krivoy Rog and Kyiv region. “I cannot comment on this. This is directly related to a special military operation and it is a matter of the Ministry of Defense,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a daily telephone press conference, EFE reported.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova, Miku Popescu, summoned the Russian ambassador in Chisinau, Oleg Vasnetsov, this Friday to inform the Russian side about the unacceptable airspace violation, according to a statement published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova.

The note states that “Russia continues its aggressive war against Ukraine, and the missile attacks on the neighboring country have a direct and negative impact on the lives of Moldovan citizens.

last october Moldova also condemned three cruise missiles Russian ships launched from the waters of the Black Sea violated its airspace and summoned the Russian ambassador.

Moldova responded this way after the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, announced on his Telegram channel that “today at 10:18 local time, two Russian cruise missiles crossed the state border of Ukraine with the Republic. of Moldova”.

Zalujni ensured that they also passed through the airspace of neighboring Romania. “At approximately 10:33 local time, these missiles crossed Romanian airspace. After that, they again entered the airspace of Ukraine at the border crossing point of the three states. The missiles were launched from the Black Sea,” he said.

Romania denies that the missile crossed its airspace

Ministry of Defense of Romania He was quick to point out in a statement that the missile “at no time” crossed the country’s airspace.

“The aerial surveillance system of the Romanian Air Force detected on Friday, February 10, an aerial target launched by a ship of the Russian Federation sailing in the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula. “Most likely, this is a cruise missile that flew over the airspace of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova and re-entered Ukrainian airspace without violating Romanian airspace at any time,” he says.

According to the statement, “the closest point of the target’s trajectory to Romanian airspace was detected by radar systems approximately 35 kilometers northeast of the border.”

Romanian authorities, the ministry said, “used all normal procedures from the moment the target was discovered until the situation was fully clarified.” Additionally, at 10:38 a.m., “NATO-led Air Police Service Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR aircraft, which were conducting flight training at the time, were diverted to northern Romania to increase reaction options.” .

“About two minutes later, the situation was corrected and the two aircraft resumed their original mission. “The Romanian Air Force, in cooperation with allied forces, continuously monitors the national airspace and the immediate surrounding area,” the statement said.

A few hours later, Zelensky repeated Ukraine’s statement on Telegram: “Several Russian missiles flew into the airspace of Moldova and Romania. Today’s missiles are a challenge to NATO’s collective security. This is terror that can and must be stopped. stopped by the world.”

New attacks

Ukraine has condemned Russia’s new “massive attack” on its territory with missiles. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 61 of 71 Russian missiles launched this Friday, as well as five drones, according to the Air Force.

Several explosions were reported in the city of Kiev this morning, and since the morning Russia has already intensified its offensive in Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions, in the southeast of the country. The attacks took place after the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, left for an official visit to the United Kingdom and France and took part in a European summit in Brussels. There he again asked for fighter jets: “To survive, we need these weapons.”

Local authorities reported “several explosions in the Ukrainian capital on the morning of February 10 as part of Russia’s latest massive missile attack on Ukraine.” According to the military administration of the city of Kyiv, air defense is currently active in the region. It is not yet known if there is any damage or casualties.

The Russians this morning significantly increased their attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporozhye, in the southeast of the country and home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, now in Russian hands, which controls part of the territory.

Explosions were heard in various areas of the region, including the cities of Zaporozhye and Vinnytsia. In the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region, local authorities confirmed the drone attack, according to information from official sources gathered by Ukrainian agencies.

Russian forces specifically attacked Zaporozhye’s energy infrastructure at dawn, striking the city 17 times in one hour, Zaporozhye City Council Secretary Anatoly Kurtyev was quoted as saying by The Kyiv Independent. According to Kurtiev, this is the largest number of attacks carried out by Russia on Zaporozhye since the beginning of the war.

The Russians have stepped up their assault on Ukraine in recent days, with less than two weeks to go until a year has passed since the February 24 invasion. While the heaviest fighting is taking place in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east of the country on the border with Russia, Moscow has also stepped up attacks in the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions in the southwest.

The four regions were annexed by Russia last September after calling a referendum on the occupied territories, which are not recognized internationally and so far the Russian military has been unable to control all of the territory it claims to own.

The international community has also expressed concern over the attacks in Zaporozhye, where a nuclear power plant is now disconnected from the power system. On Thursday, the Director General of the Russian Atomic Energy Agency, Rostom, Alexei Liachev, met with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Gross of Argentina, to discuss the creation of a safety zone around the Zaporozhye power plant. .


Source: El Diario

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