Romania Says No Russia Missile Crossed Airspace After Kyiv Claim
- Romanian defense ministry denied flyover by Russian missiles
- Ukraine’s army chief said missiles crossed into Romania
People shelter in a metro station during an air strike alarm in Kyiv on Feb. 10.
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Romania denied an earlier claim that a Russian missile had crossed into its air space, an incident that risked escalating tensions with NATO as the Kremlin launched a barrage of attacks across Ukraine.
Romania’s Defense Ministry said authorities detected an aerial target on Friday, most likely a cruise missile, launched from a Russian warship in the Black Sea near Crimea. The object reentered Ukrainian airspace after crossing into neighboring Moldova without breaching Romanian territory, it said.