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Russia's drone war comes to Moldova and Romania

Incursions by Russian drones into Moldovan and Romanian airspace are increasingly common. This week the Ukrainian president's plane was stopped from taking off from Chisinau. Observers suspect the attacks are deliberate. For Ukrainians, Russia's air war has been a bitter, bloody reality for years. People in Ukraine are being killed every day by missiles, bombs, and drones .

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Scoop News DeskRussia · Published Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 6:27 AM UTCUpdated Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM UTC

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According to publicly available information, the country possesses only a small number of Polish Piorun anti-aircraft missiles, and these are only able to protect certain specific targets. Two people were killed and two others wounded, one of them a Moldovan citizen. Vladimir Bolea, the minister of infrastructure, warned that Giurgiulesti, Moldova's port on the Danube, could become a target after the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Romania and Moldova of using the port as a "transit hub" for arms shipments.

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