Romania should make a decision to shoot down Russian missiles and drones approaching its borders “within a certain distance,” said Mykhailo Podolyak, one of the chief advisers of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

“We need action, not ‘silence of the lambs,'” he added.

The statement by Podoliak, one of the most prominent figures in Kyiv, came after a Russian drone crashed on the Romanian bank of the Danube earlier this week.

“Of course, no one expects NATO to invoke Article 5 and start a war with Russia over a can that fell on a Romanian field. It is not necessary. Russia allows itself to use the airspace of Romania and other neighbors to launch missile strikes on Ukraine for one reason. Because silence,” he wrote Podolyak on his Twitter.

“Perhaps it is necessary to formulate more strictly the inadmissibility of violation of one’s own airspace? For example, declaring readiness to shoot down these missiles and drones at a certain range to protect their borders,” he continued.

“Ultimately, the key point is that it is necessary to help Ukraine with additional air defense systems as soon as possible, to deploy them in the border areas. This will significantly increase the security of countries bordering Ukraine and limit Russia’s speculative and provocative capabilities. Simple actions are needed, not “silence of the lambs”…”, Podolyak also said.

The member of the European Parliament calls for placing anti-aircraft batteries on the Romanian bank of the Danube

Renew Europe MEP Dragos Tudorake, a member of REPER, said on Friday that Romanian authorities should say how they plan to secure the border area where the drone crashed. He believes that the anti-aircraft batteries should either be installed in Čatalkioi “to give peace” to the local residents, or they should be evicted.

“After all, it looks like it’s just the remains of a drone, but it could be a drone, it could be a missile (…). I would like to see a very clear answer from the president of the state, as the head of the armed forces, and from the Ministry of National Defense, how exactly, starting the day before yesterday (from Wednesday – no), we are going to secure that border. sector,” Tudorache told RFI.

“The Russians will continue to bomb and will continue to take more and more risks if we do not see the most categorical response,” said the MEP.

“The government has a duty to these citizens, as clearly as possible. Or install anti-aircraft batteries there that will give them peace, as much peace as you can talk about here, because it’s hard to talk about peace when you’re a few hundred meters or a kilometer away from where rockets are falling every night. , but at least to know that they are protected, the Romanian state must show that it can protect each of its citizens. point. There is no room for interpretation. If the Romanian state thinks it can’t guarantee the safety of these citizens, it can’t or for whatever reason it knows it can’t intercept a missile or a drone crossing the border there, although that’s serious if we’re in that situation, I hope , no, I hope it’s just laziness, then, yes, I believe that the movement of these citizens should be taken into account very seriously, because every day that passes is a risk for them,” Tudorache also stated.

Romanian army says Russian drones can be detected, but…

Gen. Viorel Pane, the Air Force chief of staff, said Thursday that Russian drones can be detected, but in the case of the Plauru drone wreckage, “the terrain is unlikely to detect objects that are developing at very low altitude.” , at very low speeds.” “The physics and limitations of these systems obviously cannot guarantee 100% detection,” he stated.

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Defense Minister Ángel Tilvar announced on Wednesday that the first indications that remains that could be linked to unmanned equipment were found in Tulcea county were not found until around 18:00 on Tuesday, and the information was given to the president. Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday, as if a drone did not fall in our country, then they were right.

Romania’s Ministry of Defense confirmed on Wednesday that parts of a Russian drone used in attacks on the port of Izmail, located 250-300 meters across the Cilicia Arm, were found on Romanian territory.

NATO has no indication that the fragments of a drone found on the territory of Romania were caused by a deliberate attack by Moscow on our country, the head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

In MApN’s latest report on Thursday, the ministry claims that Russia’s latest series of kamikaze drone attacks on Ukrainian ports on the Danube have been monitored “in real time”.