Moldova says Russian drones violated airspace

Moldovan President Maia Sandu complained that her country's airspace has also been violated in the course of massive Russian drone attacks on Ukraine, in a social media post on Saturday.

"On their way to kill civilians, Russian drones have once again violated Moldovan airspace, forcing its temporary closure," Sandu said. Take-offs and landings at the airport in the capital Chișinău were also temporarily impossible this time, which led to delays and diversions to neighbouring Romania, Moldovan media reported.

Moldova has repeatedly reported airspace violations in the course of the Russian war in Ukraine. Just on Tuesday, the Moldovan police published a photo of a drone.

"We condemn the attacks and stand with Ukraine," Sandu continued. After a 10-hour attack on Ukraine, she said this was not the language of a country that claimed to be negotiating peace, referring to the planned talks. Russian representatives are expecting a US delegation in Moscow in the first half of the week to negotiate an end to the war on Ukraine.

Russia bombards Ukraine with drone and missile attacks nightly, repeatedly violating the airspace of other countries in the process. Moscow has also stationed its own troops in the breakaway, pro-Russian region of Transnistria in Moldova.