In a short time, Nicusor Dan makes statements in Constanța after the meeting regarding the marine drone that exploded in the port
President Nicușor Dan traveled to Constanța on Saturday for a working meeting in which the incident caused by the Ukrainian naval drones that exploded in the Port of Constanța and off the Black Sea is analyzed, the Presidential Administration announced.
Nicușor Dan will make press statements around 4:20 p.m., the Presidential Administration announced. The statements come at the end of a meeting with the army leadership that lasted over three hours.
HotNews will transmit in LIVETEXT format the main statements of the president.
Nicușor Dan arrived at the headquarters of the 243rd Radioelectronic and Observation Brigade (BREO) “CALATIS” in Constanța, according to the images transmitted by television.
At the end of the meeting, the president will deliver a press statement.
The meeting is attended by representatives of the main institutions with attributions in the field of national security and defense.
“During the meeting, the circumstances of the incident, its implications on national and regional security, as well as the necessary measures to strengthen the capabilities of surveillance, prevention and response to threats in the Black Sea area, will be analyzed,” the Presidential Administration stated in a statement.
After the meeting, President Nicușor Dan will hold a press statement.
President Dan had announced as early as Friday evening, in a press statement held in Montenegro, that he wanted to have “a discussion with those in charge to understand the context very well.”
The drone exploded in Constanța, out of control
The marine drone that exploded on Friday, June 5, in berth 78 of Constanta Port was part of a group of four other Ukrainian drones, over which the Ukrainian Army lost control. And the other three drones self-detonated – two at sea and the third outside the port, the Government announced on Friday evening, in a statement in which it presented a chronology of the incident.
In the afternoon, Ukrainian naval forces confirmed that the marine drone that exploded in the port of Constanta belonged to them, adding that they had lost control of the craft due to Russian electronic warfare means.
The explosion of the marine drone in Constanța took place a week after the incident in Galaţi, where a Russian drone crashed into a block of flats and exploded.
