Kyiv, Moldova downplay claims Zelensky's flight was nearly hit by Russian drone

Ukraine and Moldova downplayed Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre's claim that President Zelensky's aircraft was nearly struck by a Russian drone departing Moldova. A Ukrainian source called the assertions "exaggerated," explaining a Russian drone entered Moldovan and Romanian airspace. Moldova temporarily closed its airspace after the drone crashed 160 km from Chisinau International Airport, delaying three departures and four arrivals, including Zelensky's flight to Oslo.

It was an alert in Moldova when a Russian drone entered Moldovan and Romanian airspace.