Two Kalibr cruise missiles flew over the airspace of Romania, the head of the Ukrainian army Valery Zaluzhnyi said. However, the Ministry of Defense of Romania said that the information was not confirmed.

“Today, February 10, at 10:18 a.m., two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles crossed the state border of Ukraine with the Republic of Moldova. At 10:33, these missiles crossed Romanian airspace. After that, the missiles again entered the airspace of Ukraine at the checkpoint on the border of the three states,” Zaluzhny wrote on Twitter.

In addition, the spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force stated, quoted by “Ukrainian Pravda”, that Ukraine could have shot down the missiles, but did not do so, as it did not want to endanger the civilian population in other countries.

MApN: Information not confirmed

Romania’s Ministry of Defense responded by saying that the information had not been confirmed and that it would soon issue a statement with “official information regarding this situation”.

The Russian Navy has repeatedly launched Caliber missiles from its submarines and warships in the Black Sea towards Ukraine. In the wave of shelling on Friday morning, according to the Ukrainians, six such launches would have been carried out.

On Friday, Russia launched a “massive” attack with dozens of missiles and explosive drones targeting several energy facilities in Ukraine.

According to the Air Force of Ukraine, Russia launched “six Kalibr cruise missiles”, “up to 35 S-300 guided anti-aircraft missiles over the Kharkiv (northeast) and Zaporizhzhia (south) regions”, and also used “seven Shahed” drones. Iranian concept.

“Five Kalibr cruise missiles and five Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed” by air defense, the same source said.

According to Ukrainians, “the enemy struck the cities and critical infrastructure of Ukraine” a few days before the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, which began on February 24, 2022.