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On the day of the attack, the Russian embassy in Romania had accused Ukraine of having staged a provocation with the incident, and Vladimir Putin stated that “no one” could authoritatively determine the origin of the aircraft until a rigorous examination was carried out.
Further analysis of the drone that struck a residential building in Romania, drawing vehement condemnation from Russia, concluded that the device came from undoubtedly from Moscow forcessaid Bucharest this Sunday.
“The drone that crashed on Thursday night in Galati is a Geran-2, of Russian origin”, this Sunday the Romanian President, Nicosor Danin a publication on the social network X.
“This is the unequivocal conclusion of the technical report finalized by the Romanian State experts”, added the Romanian head of state.
A 14-year-old boy and a 53-year-old woman were hospitalized on Friday after the drone crashed in Galati, near the border with Ukraine.
It was the first drone attack against a residential building outside Ukraine since Russia began the large-scale invasion in 2022. Romania is a country member of the European Union and NATO.
On the day of the attack, the Russian embassy in Romania accused Ukraine of having staged a provocation with the incidentand President Vladimir Putin stated on Friday that “no one” could authoritatively determine the origin of the aircraft until a rigorous examination is carried out.
In this Sunday’s publication, accompanied by four images that allegedly show the device, the Romanian president stated that a exhaustive technical analysis and that this demonstrated that Russia was “solely responsible” for the attack on the building.
The drone that crashed Thursday night in Galați is Geran-2, of Russian origin. This is the undoubted conclusion of the technical report completed by the Romanian state specialists.
The investigation established this based on a consistent body of technical evidence.
On the fragments…
— Nicusor Dan (@NicusorDanRO)
“The inscription in Cyrillic’GERAN-2′ was identified in the recovered fragments, and the analyzed electronic components, navigation systemsthe control modules, the engine and the structural elements show similarities, even identical characteristics, to those of other Geran-2 drones previously recovered in Romanian territory”, stated Nicusor Dan.
“Physical and chemical analyzes confirmed the presence of the same types of materials and fuels repeatedly identified in devices of this series”, concludes the Romanian president.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskythanked his Romanian counterpart for the “clarity” shown after the Bucharest announcement.
“Facts are the best cure for Vladimir Putin’s lies and prove that Russia’s manipulations will not pass,” Zelensky wrote on social media.
Dozens of drones diverted to Romanian territory since the start of the war in Ukraine, but until now no residential buildings had been hit. The drone entered Romanian airspace during Russian attacks against Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Bucharest said.
After the drone crash in Galati, the former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev warned the European Union that . “Stay vigilant and don’t be surprised by anything,” declared Medvedev, who added that incidents like this result from the “unilateral decision” of the European authorities to “if get involved in war with Russia“.
