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Romania announces breach of its air border by a Russian drone

RomaniareportedthataRussiandroneviolateditsairspaceduringnighttimeattacksonUkraine,urgingMoscowtoceasewhatitdescribedasanescalation.

AccordingtoRomania'sMinistryofNationalDefense,theincidentoccurredasRussiatargeted"civilianinfrastructureandportfacilities"alongtheDanubeRiverinUkraine.

Inresponse,RomaniadeployedF-16fighterjetstomonitoritsairspace,whileNATOallieswerekeptinformed.Romanianauthoritiesalsosentemergencytextalertstoresidentsintwoeasternregions.

Preliminarydataindicatestheremaybean“impactzone”inanuninhabitedareaneartheRomanianvillageofPeriprava,theministrysaid.Itaddedthataninvestigationisunderway.

SinceRussiainvadedUkraineinFebruary2022,RomaniahasconfirmeddronefragmentsonitsterritoryonseveraloccasionsandasrecentlyasJulythisyear.

TheRomanianDefenseMinistrystronglycondemnedtheRussianattacksonUkraine,callingthem“unjustifiedandinseriouscontradictionwiththenormsofinternationallaw.”

MirceaGeoana,NATO’soutgoingdeputysecretary-generalandRomania’sformertopdiplomat,saidthemilitaryalliancealsocondemnedRussia’sviolationofRomanianairspace.“WhilewehavenoinformationindicatinganintentionalattackbyRussiaagainstAllies,theseactsareirresponsibleandpotentiallydangerous,”hewroteonX.

InUkraine,twociviliansdiedandfourmoresufferedwoundsinanighttimeRussianairstrikeonthenortherncityofSumy,theregionalmilitaryadministrationreported.Twochildrenwereamongthosewounded,theadministrationsaid.IntheKharkivregionintheeast,overnightshellingkilledtwoelderlywomen,accordingtolocalGov.OlehSyniehubov.

Duringthenight,Ukrainianairdefensesshotdownoneoffourcruisemissilesand15of23Iranian-madeShaheddroneslaunchedbyRussia,Ukraine’sairforcereported.Itaddedthatnoneofthecruisemissileshadhittargets.

LateronSunday,threewomenwerekilledafterRussianforcesshelledavillageintheeasternDonetskregion,Gov.VadymFilashkinreportedontheTelegrammessagingapp.Elsewhereintheprovince,rescueteamspulledthebodiesoftwomenfromtherubbleofahoteldestroyedonSaturdayeveninginaRussianairstrike,accordingtoUkraine’sstateemergencyservice.

Thatsameday,thedeathtollroseto58fromthemassiveRussianmissilestrikethatonTuesdayblastedamilitaryacademyandnearbyhospitalintheeasterncityofPoltava,regionalGov.FilipProninreported.Morethan320otherswerewounded.

Sinceitlaunchedafull-scaleinvasionofUkraineinearly2022,theRussianmilitaryhasrepeatedlyusedmissilestosmashciviliantargets,sometimeskillingscoresofpeopleinasingleattack.

Poltavaisabout200milessoutheastofKyiv,onthemainhighwayandrailroutebetweenKyivandUkraine’ssecond-largestcity,Kharkiv,whichisclosetotheRussianborder.

TheattackhappenedasUkrainianforcessoughttocarveouttheirholdingsinRussia’sKurskborderregionafterasurpriseincursionthatbeganAug.6,astheRussianarmyhacksitswaydeeperintoeasternUkraine.

RussianforcescontinuedtheirmontshlonggrindingpushtowardsthecityofPokrovsk,andalsorampedupattacksnearthetownofKurakhovefarthersouth,Ukraine’sGeneralStaffreported.

Russia’sDefenseMinistrysaidSundayitstroopshadtakenNovohrodivka,asmalltownsome11milessoutheastofPokrovsk.AnupdatepublishedSaturdayeveningbyDeepState,aUkrainianbattlefieldanalysissite,saidRussianforceshad“advanced”inNovohrodivkaandcapturedNevelske,avillageinthesoutheastofthePokrovskdistrict.

Pokrovsk,whichhadaprewarpopulationofabout60,000,isoneofUkraine’smaindefensivestrongholdsandakeylogisticshubintheDonetskregion.ItscapturewouldcompromiseUkraine’sdefenseandsupplyroutes,andwouldbringRussiaclosertoitsstatedaimofcapturingtheentireDonetskregion.


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