Key facts
- Russia's Foreign Ministry denied claims of drone violations over Romanian airspace.
- Romania expelled a Russian diplomat following alleged repeated airspace violations.
- Romanian F-16 jets shot down three Russian drones over three days.
- Moscow vowed to retaliate against Romania's diplomatic expulsion.
- Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia's Belgorod region killed three people and injured 19.
- Ukraine's military denied responsibility for the drone attacks on buses.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has dismissed as groundless Romania's claims that Russian drones violated its airspace, vowing a response to Bucharest's expulsion of a Russian diplomat. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that Romania's actions were an attempt to cover up the "disastrous results of their irresponsible stance in support of the Kyiv regime."
Romania announced it had expelled a diplomat after repeated alleged airspace violations, with its F-16 fighter jets downing three drones in three days. Moscow has also accused Ukraine of systematically targeting buses in Russian regions with drone strikes, a claim Ukraine's military has rejected as false. The latest attacks in Belgorod killed three people and injured 19, including an attack on a bus in Shebekino.