CHISINAU: Moldova, which borders Ukraine, closed its airspace for about an hour overnight after a new drone incursion, its defense ministry said Saturday.
The small country bordering war-torn Ukraine and NATO member Romania has repeatedly seen violations of its airspace since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The latest incident comes after Moldova earlier this week reported that a drone had crashed on its soil, with six drones in total crossing its airspace.
Moldova’s airspace “was temporarily closed for approximately one hour and 10 minutes, between 22:43 and 23:53, as an emergency measure, after two unidentified drones illegally flew over the national territory, creating a direct threat to aviation safety,” the defense ministry said in a press release on Saturday. Moldova is two hours ahead of GMT.
It added that the Gerbera-type drones had not been detected by Moldova’s radars, but their incursion was “confirmed by the Ukrainian border authorities.”
