Romania Is Closing Russian Consulate General in Constanța: Russian Consul Has Been Declared Persona Non Grata
Romania said the drone was part of a 43-aircraft Russian swarm aimed at Ukraine and injured two civilians in the border town.
- Romanian President Dan announced Romania will close the Russian consulate in Constan and expel its top diplomat following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council after a drone struck a residential building in Gala.
- The drone that crashed into a Gala apartment was part of a swarm of 43 Russian UAVs aimed at targets in Ukraine, Dan noted, injuring two Romanian civilians in the process.
- Two Romanian F-16s were airborne during the strike but held their fire over the populated city. Previously, Bucharest had confined responses to recovering wreckage and summoning the Russian ambassador.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed he does not know the details regarding the drone. The European Commission announced preparations for a new sanctions package against Russia in response.
- Moscow's diplomatic presence in Romania will be reduced to its embassy in Bucharest as Dan stated, "Full responsibility lies with Russia," citing the four-year war against Ukraine.
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Romania’s sharpest response yet: Bucharest just closed Russia’s consulate in Constanța after “Geran-2” crashed into Galați apartment building
Romania will close Russia's consulate in Constanța and has declared the consul persona non grata after a Russian "Geran-2" drone crashed into a 10-story apartment building in Galați overnight, Romania Journal reports. President Nicușor Dan announced this on 29 May, after an emergency meeting of Romania's Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT), following the drone strike that injured two civilians. The move marks Romania's sharpest diplomat…
Interim Foreign Minister Oana Ţoiu said on Friday, after summoning the Russian Ambassador to Bucharest to headquarters, that he was informed by the decision of Romania not to allow the Consulate General of the Russian Federation to function in Constanta, and the Russian Consul has 72 hours to leave the territory of Romania.
During Russia's nighttime airstrikes on Ukraine, a drone flew into an apartment building in the Romanian city of Galați.
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana Thoiu, said on Friday, after having summoned the Russian Ambassador to Bucharest to the headquarters of the Ministry, that he was informed by the decision of Romania not to allow the operation of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation to Constanta and the Russian Consul has 72 hours to leave the territory of Romania,
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