Ukraine and Moldova on Wednesday played down claims from Norway’s prime minister that a plane carrying President Volodymyr Zelensky was almost hit by a drone as it flew to Oslo.Jonas Gahr Store told Norwegian public broadcaster NRK that Zelensky’s plane was “almost hit by a drone when it was taking off from Moldova”.But a source in the Ukrainian presidency described the claim that Zelensky was at risk as “exaggerated”.“It was an alert in Moldova when a Russian (drone) entered Moldovan and Romanian airspace,” the source told Agence France-Presse.In Chisinau, government spokesman Dumitru Ciorici said Moldova closed its airspace on Tuesday afternoon just after 4.30pm local time due to a Russian drone that entered from the direction of Ukraine.“The airspace was closed to protect aircraft flying over Moldova at the time: three departures and four arrivals were delayed as a result,” he added.
Update | Ukraine, Moldova play down Norwegian claim Zelensky’s plane ‘almost hit’ by drone
Officials clarify airspace closure delayed Ukrainian leader’s flight to Oslo following Russian drone intrusion.
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