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Russian Missile Debris Lands in Moldova


ODESA, Ukraine – Debris from a Russian missile shot down by Ukrainian air defenses has landed in a border village in Moldova, country officials said on Monday, one of the clear-cut cases. about violence from war spilling over into another European country.

Earlier, Russia fired drones and missiles over Moldova into Ukraine, prompting a diplomatic protest from the government. The missile intercepted on Monday was the first that is believed to have landed in Moldova.

Moldova’s deputy interior minister, Sergiu Diaconu, said the incident would “be treated as an accident. It was not a direct attack. “

Based on a statement from the Moldovan government, parts of the Russian rocket landed in the village of Naslavcea, across the Dnister River from Ukrainian territory, causing minor damage. Mr. Diaconu said that some windows were broken and children were sent home from school, but there were no reports of injuries.

“We are investigating to see if there are any explosives left,” he said. “We are investigating what the damage was.”

A Ukrainian border guard officer, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said that Ukrainian forces had observed an impact on the Moldovan side on the border along the Dnister River. The official said that Russian forces appear to be targeting a hydroelectric plant on Ukrainian territory. One missile hit the factory, he said, while the air defenses shot down at least one other missile.

Earlier this month, after Moldova said that three Russian missiles flew over its airspace on October 10Moldovan Foreign Minister Nico Popescu summoned the Russian ambassador to Chișinau to protest.

On Monday, Popescu said that the Moldovan government “condemns as strongly as possible Russia’s continued aggression against Ukraine.”

“Horrifying attacks on critical infrastructure reverberate beyond Ukraine’s borders and pose a direct threat to Moldova’s energy – and people – security,” he said. tweeted.

Maria Varennikova reports from Odesa and Monika Proncczuk from Brussels.

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