Dozens of nations at UN denounce Russia over Romania drone incident

UNITED NATIONS: Dozens of countries denounced Russia at the United Nations on Monday over a drone strike blamed on Moscow that hit a Romanian apartment building.
“Such behavior is unacceptable under international law and must stop,” Romanian Foreign Minister Oana-Silvia Toiu said in a statement representing 56 UN members, including from the European Union and NATO military alliance.
A 14-year-old boy and a 53-year-old woman were hospitalized on Friday after the drone hit a block of flats in Galati, close to the border with Ukraine.
Romania’s government says evidence from the debris shows the drone was fired by Russian forces. Russia’s embassy in Romania has accused Ukraine of staging a provocation.
That marked the first drone hit on a residential building outside Ukraine since Russia started its full-scale invasion in 2022.
“Airspace violations by Russian drones over Romania and other Central and Eastern European partners have occurred repeatedly since the outbreak of the Russian war in Ukraine and are a direct consequence of the escalation tactics pursued by Russia in its attacks against Ukraine,” Toiu said.