The Russian government’s most notorious troll is leaning into the recent bombing of a Romanian apartment building after a drone intended to detonate in Ukraine drifted off course.Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia and current deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, made a thinly veiled reference to the drone incident on Friday when he warned Europeans they were at war with his country.“Citizens of EU countries, you should realize your authorities have unilaterally entered into a war with Russia. So be vigilant and don’t be surprised by anything. The peaceful sleep is over. But you know who to ask why!”
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev examines a drone at the Startup Village international technology conference at the Skolkovo Innovation Center in Moscow, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Ekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik Pool Photo via AP)
Medvedev, despite his history leading the nation, is now widely seen as the Kremlin’s resident provocateur and troll in times of tension.
The Russian drone collided with an apartment building in the Romanian city of Galati overnight, injuring two people and forcing an evacuation.
Brig. Gen. Gheorghe Maxim, representing the Romanian armed forces’ joint staff, claimed at a Friday press conference that the drone detonation was not an “attack from Russia against Romania,” but that Romanians should “understand that Russia is a threat to the security of the countries in the area.”
