Romania's Foreign Ministry summons Charge d'Affaires of Russia

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Russia's Charge d'Affaires over the incident involving the crash of a drone in Romania.

The Romanian national news agency reported this.

During the meeting, the Romanian Secretary of State expressed protest over the violation of Romanian airspace.

"Secretary of State Iulian Fota strongly urged the Russian side to cease actions against the Ukrainian population and infrastructure, including those that would threaten in any way the safety and security of Romanian citizens in the region," the Romanian Foreign Ministry said.

It will be recalled that on September 4, during the attack on the port of Izmail, Russian drones crashed and detonated in Romania. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Ukraine had photographic evidence of the crash of Russian drones in Romania.

At first, Romania denied this information, but on September 6, the country's Defence Minister acknowledged the fall of objects that were likely to be the wreckage of a Russian drone.

After that, President Klaus Iohannis said that if the wreckage of a Russian drone was confirmed to have fallen on Romanian territory, it would be considered a violation of his country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

He demanded an "urgent and professional investigation" into the drone wreckage found on September 6, the time and circumstances under which it entered Romanian territory.

On September 9, the wreckage of another Russian drone was found in Romania near the town of Plauru.