Nicușor Dan, the first reaction after the entrance of the Russian drone into the Romanian space / How he answered when I was transmitted, live, the latest information announced by Poland
President Nicușor Dan first reacted on Monday night after a drone entered the territory of Romania, on the weekend, specifying that “we know it is Russian” and how long she flew into our air space. Also, the head of state gave insurance to the Romanians that “we are safe”, in the recently related to the penetration of several Russian drones in Poland, another NATO member state.
“I want to give the Romanians assurances that we are safe. We are in NATO. We collaborate with partners, NATO works, this is the most important thing. The most important incident was the one with 19 drones in Poland, it is proven to have come from Russia. The NATO reaction was very firm. It means that there is a determination to defend each centimeter from the NATO, as the NATO, as they said. Formerly, there is a determination in NATO, ”said Nicușor Dan, in an interview with Antena 3 CNN, asked live about a Breaking News reported just by the Reuters news agency.
Poland neutralized a drone flying over government buildings
The Poland State Protection Service (SOP) has neutralized a drone that operates over sensitive government locations, including Parkowa Street and Belwer Palace, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced, in a message published Monday night on the social network X, against the background of regional voltages accentuated after recent air violations.
Two citizens Belaruși were detained in connection with the incident, and the police are investigating the circumstances of the incident, Tusk added.
Surprised drone above the Warsaw government buildings. Tusk's announcement just a few days after the Russian foray into Poland
Nicușor Dan's details about the drone that entered Romania
“My message is reliable to Romanians, on the one hand, on the other hand – continuation of the efforts that are not pleasant. It is not nice to give money to the army,” said the head of state, returning to the issue related to the Russian drone that flew on the territory of our country.
“We know it is Russian. We also know the time interval as it flew on the Romanian territory,” said Nicușor Dan, at the moderator's insistence.
“I cannot say (if it had to be shot down, no).
This was the first reaction of the head of state on this subject, after the weekend incident.
He also provided details about the NATO operation “Eastern Sentry”, started by the allies within the military alliance on the eastern flank.
“There is the availability to strengthen the eastern flank. It is also a technical discussion in which we can see how much each country can contribute to the eastern flank to strengthen it. It is a discussion that will end in two to three weeks,” said Nicușor Dan.
President's response asked by Mircea Badea if the Russian drone was armed
Nicușor Dan was later asked during the interview, by Mircea Badea, if the Russian drone entered the territory of Romania was armed.
“I do not have this information, because he had something inside her who … Not knowing her hand, we cannot know what he had inside. This is what I can say, she was, as I said so many times, followed by our airplanes and partners,” the head of state replied.
Nicușor Dan's answer, asked by Mircea Badea about an important detail related to the Russian drone in Romania: “I do not have this information”
At the insistence of the journalist about the exit of the drone on our radars and the place where it was later directed, Dan stated: “It came out of the air territory (of Romania, no) and could not be followed. It went to Ukraine, from where it had come, yes.” The president then stated once again that we do not know if the drone was armed.
What Romanian officials have transmitted so far about the Russian drone
A Geran drone used by the Russian Federation in Ukraine attacks entered the air space of Romania on Saturday, at 6:05 pm and was intercepted by two F-16 fight aircraft, which performed an air patrol mission in northern Dobrogea, the Ministry of Defense announced (MAPN).
“The drone orbit for about 50 minutes, from NE from Chilia Veche to SV de Izmail, and left the national air space near Pardina, heading to Ukraine. The F-16 aircraft had intermittent contact with the target, visually and radar, following it throughout the evolution. The collateral risks and decided not to open the fire, ”said MApN.
The Minister of Defense, Ionuț Mosteanu, wrote on Facebook that the pilots had the authorization to break down the drone, but evaluated the collateral risks and decided not to open the fire.
Moșteanu stated on Monday at Antena 3 that he analyzed the full report of the mission and also discussed with the pilot who led the F-16 formation: “He writes clearly in the report, and the pilot confirmed that this is a Russian drone, used by the Russians to attack Ukraine. The Ukrainians do not have such Drone. It's nothing new. “
The reply of the Minister of Defense, after the irony of the Russian Embassy: the drone was Russian, what did he want, picture with the label? / What the foreign minister says after the discussions with the ambassador
The Russian ambassador to Bucharest was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after this incident, only three days after previously he had been called in relation to the Russian drones that raped the air space of Poland. In reply, the diplomatic mission ironized the MApN on the Saturday incident.
“On September 13, the Ministry of Defense of Romania discovered another UFO (unidentified flying object) in the country's airspace and has been in a hurry to announce that it would be a Russian drone. In this sense, on September 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania convened the Russian ambassador to transmit the” firm protest “of the Romanian authorities. During the discussion, however, none of the questions asked about the identification of the drone that would have entered the Romanian air space received a concrete and convincing answer. Considering the lack of an objective confirmation of the national provenance of the flying apparatus, the protest of the Romanian part was rejected as unfounded and unjustified ”, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bucharest said.
The Russian ambassador to Bucharest was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after this incident, only three days after previously he had been called in relation to the Russian drones that raped the air space of Poland. In reply, the diplomatic mission ironized the MApN on the Saturday incident.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana Ţoiu, reacted to the statements of Russia, saying that “they have the same approach they had when the war in Ukraine began and called him a special operation.”
The foreign minister was asked, at Digi 24, about the message of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, after the ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Certainly the Russians do not need us to tell them that their drone is theirs. They have the same approach they had when the war in Ukraine began and they called it as a special operation, not war. The fact that they try to use different words does not change the reality. (..) No one has a stake. To change reality, using these types of speech, are not attempts that will succeed.
“Each time there are challenges of the common, ally space, of the European Union space, what happens is that we use the respective moments to intensify the dialogue between us, to increase solidarity and to increase the mechanisms in which we synchronize our decisions together, as is the case and will continue to happen, and the defense that is in the Romanian diplomacy.
