Moldova: Explosions/remote violence in Moldova
Three rockets and two drones flew into the territory of Moldova In the morning of October third, three rockets and two drones violated Moldova's airspace. This was reported by the country's Minister of Defense Anatoly Nosaty and President Maia Sandu. "I condemn today's attack by Russia on Ukraine. The war it has unleashed is dangerously approaching Moldova <…>. Moscow endangers people's lives throughout Europe, and it must be stopped," she wrote. Initially, five UAVs were reported – Moldova's national airspace monitoring system recorded their passage between 7:45 and 8:00 AM. Later, Nosaty clarified that they were missiles and drones. Moldovan police reported that explosions occurred in four districts of the country and debris was found: near the city of Causeni and the village of Konstantinivka in Causeni district, near the villages of Krokmaz in Stefan Voda district, Puhaceni in Anenii Noi district, and Dubovca in Hincesti district. In Krokmaz, a drone crashed into a vineyard, causing dry vegetation to ignite and breaking a window of a neighboring house. There were no deaths or injuries. The Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Russian Ambassador to the country and handed him a protest note. This happened for the second time in three days, and in total over the past week, the country's airspace has been violated more than ten times. Earlier, Russia's Ambassador-at-Large to Moldova Oleg Ozerov admitted that the drones that violated the country's airspace could have been Russian. "Yes, we do not exclude and do not deny that some of these drones may be Russian. Due to the intensification of strikes on Ukraine's logistics, and this is no secret, in response to the strikes that Ukraine is carrying out on Russia's logistics. But at the same time, it must be noted that Moldova is not a target," he said. Since the beginning of Russia's war against Ukraine, about 90 Russian drones and missiles have flown over Moldova.
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