Zelensky's denunciation: 'Missiles over the airspace of Romania and Moldova a challenge to NATO'
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The Ukrainian president intervened on his telegram channel while the alarm in Kiev is still ongoing.
"Several Russian missiles - he said - have passed through the airspace of Moldova and Romania. These missiles are a challenge to NATO and collective security. This is terror that can and must be stopped. The world must stop it ".
Bucharest's Defense Ministry did not confirm
the news, claiming instead that surveillance systems detected what appeared to be a cruise missile launched from a Russian ship near Crimea, but which did not cross Romanian airspace.
"Information about a Russian missile that flew over Romania's airspace is not confirmed," the ministry said.
In a further statement he said surveillance systems detected what appeared to be a cruise missile launched from a Russian ship near Crimea but did not cross Romanian airspace.
The missile, the ministry said, was launched from a Russian base on the Black Sea, but passed within 35 kilometers of the border with Romania, flying over Moldovan airspace instead.
Moldova confirmed that a missile crossed its airspace today and summoned the Russian ambassador.
"At 10.18 a missile crossed the airspace of the Republic of Moldova, over the city of Mocra in the Transnistria region and, later, over the city of Cosauți in the Soroca district, heading towards Ukraine," reads a statement. of the Ministry of Defence.
The ministry, the note continues, "together with the responsible authorities of the country, closely monitors the situation in the region and strongly condemns the violation of the airspace of the Republic of Moldova".
The release does not say that the missile was Russian.
The air raid alarm sounded for hours across Ukraine
where, according to Kiev, Russian forces launched a 'massive missile attack' this morning and energy infrastructure was hit.
According to the governor of Mykolaiv, Vitaliy Kim, 40 Calibur and X101 missiles have been fired so far.
Putin's speech.
On February 21, the Russian president will give a speech to the Russian Federal Assembly: the announcement was made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, quoted by Tass.
Putin's speech to parliament will take place on the first anniversary of Moscow's recognition of the self-styled breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in southeast Ukraine as "independent states".
Three days later, on February 24, 2022, what Moscow calls the 'special military operation' in Ukraine would begin.
Peskov announced that Putin's speech to the Joint Chambers will be held in the 'Gostiniy Dvor' building in Moscow.