Russian drone hits residential building in Romania

It had never happened in a Romanian building. “Serious and irresponsible” incident. Russia “crossed a line”.

One drone and Russia reached, for the first time, a residential building in Romania. It happened this morning, in a 10-story building in Galați.

O presidente da Câmara de Galați, Ionut-Florin Puceanu, announced that a Roof explosion caused two injuriesbut without gravity. More than 70 peoplewho were in the building, were withdrawals.

“In the last few hours, we have once again experienced a moment that no one would have thought it possible in a European city in peacetime. A drone crashed into a residential building in Galați caused an explosion and injured two people,” Puceanu wrote in .

The mayor assures that the situation is controlled and that the city is safe.

The Romanian Armed Forces did not destroy the Russian drone because the army has “very strict limitations” on this issue, explained Cristian Popovici, press secretary of the Ministry of National Defense, quoted in .

General Gheorghe Maxim declared that there was not enough time to shoot down the drone; there must be detention, classification and combat in the process of hitting an aerial target. “You 4 minutes that we had at our disposal were extremely short”, added Gheorghe Maxim.

And he reinforced that the limitation is “legal”: they cannot reach the airspace of a neighboring country.

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the incident as an “escalation grave e irresponsible” by Russia.

Romania will responder to this “serious violation of international law and its airspace”, continues the Government – ​​which has already asked NATO for help, so that the alliance can accelerate the transfer of anti-drone capabilities.

Allison Hart, NATO spokesperson, has said: it was an act “reckless” from Russia.

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that Russia “crossed another line” with this attack.

Remember that Romania is a country in the European Union.