Ukraine’s overseas ministry spokesman stated Russian drones fell and detonated on Romanian territory on Monday throughout an in a single day assault on Ukrainian port infrastructure on the Danube river.
Romania is a member of the NATO army alliance.
“In response to Ukraine’s state border guard service, final night time, throughout a large Russian assault close to the port of Izmail, Russian ‘Shakheds’ fell and detonated on the territory of Romania,” Ukrainian official, Oleg Nikolenko, wrote on Fb.
“That is one more affirmation that Russia’s missile terror poses an enormous risk not solely to Ukraine’s safety, but in addition to the safety of neighbouring nations, together with NATO member states,” he stated.
Nikolenko printed a photograph displaying the flames of an explosion on the alternative financial institution of the Danube river.
An Ukrainian business supply advised Reuters that two Russian drones had fallen on the Romanian facet of the Danube.
Ukraine’s Danube ports, Reni and Izmail, accounted for round 1 / 4 of grain exports earlier than Russia pulled out of a U.N.-backed deal that supplied secure passage for the export of Ukrainian grain by way of the Black Sea.
The Danube ports have since grow to be the primary route out of Ukraine, with grain additionally despatched on barges to Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta for cargo onwards.
