Ukraine will send anti-drone experts to Romania and the Baltic countries, Zelensky announces
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Wednesday, at a joint press conference in Kiev with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, that Ukraine will send groups of anti-drone air defense experts to Romania and the Baltic states to help them protect their territory from drone incursions used in the Russian-Ukrainian war, reports the EFE agency, according to Agerpres.
“They are preparing and dates have been set for our experts to go there and share their experience, as we have already done in the Middle East,” Zelensky said, referring to the military that Ukraine has sent to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries to help them shoot down Iranian drones.
A Russian Geran-2 drone that had entered Ukrainian airspace crashed on May 29 on a block in Galati, but in recent weeks similar drones launched by Ukraine against northern Russia have also crashed in Finland and the Baltic states.
The government in Kiev claimed that Russia had deliberately redirected some of these Ukrainian drones with its electronic warfare systems.
At the joint press conference, Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, stated that Russia bears responsibility for drone incidents in countries on NATO's eastern flank.
“Let's not forget where it all started, from Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which began in March 2014 and continued with a large-scale attack at the end of February 2022. So when something like this happens, it is Russia that is behind it. Everyone in NATO is aware of this and we know that Ukraine will do everything to minimize the consequences,” the NATO chief said on Wednesday.
