The Russian embassy in Romania has said a drone incursion in Romanian airspace was a “provocation” by Ukraine after Moscow’s envoy was summoned by the foreign ministry in Bucharest over the incident. Ambassador Vladimir Lipayev said Romania’s charge that Russia was responsible for the intrusion was “unfounded”. An embassy statement said: “All the facts lead one to believe that it was a deliberate provocation by the Kiev regime.” Romania scrambled fighter jets on Saturday when a drone breached the country’s airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure near the border.
