A Russian drone crossed the border with Moldova overnight and flew for “several tens of kilometres” before entering Ukraine’s airspace, the Ukrainian military has claimed.
The route was “provocatively directed” by Russian forces “along a trajectory crossing the Ukrainian-Moldovan section of the state border in the Odesa region”, Ukraine’s southern defence forces said in a Telegram post.
“The drone flew over the territory of the neighbouring state for several tens of kilometres and again entered the airspace of Ukraine, where it was later destroyed by the air defence forces,” it said.
Moldova’s defence ministry denied late last night that a drone had entered its territory, in response to reports on Ukrainian Telegram channels.
NATO chief says ‘no plans’ for soldiers to be deployed to Ukraine
Following on from our last post, we’re also hearing from the NATO chief on Emmanuel Macron’s remarks.
Secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said while the alliance has provided “unprecedented support” to Kyiv, there are “no plans” for countries to put combat troops on the ground in Ukraine.
Any decision to send soldiers would need unanimous backing from all members.
The leaders of Sweden, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic have all said today that they are not planning on deploying troops to the conflict.
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