DRONE ATTACKS – The Russian Federation’s attacks on the Ukrainian Danube ports of Reni, Izmail and Chilia are unacceptable, State Secretary with the Romanian Defense Ministry, Simona Cojocaru, said. „In recent weeks, we have witnessed an unprecedented escalation of this war of aggression, very close to Romania’s border” the minister said, after new drone fragments, most likely Russian, were discovered in the Danube Delta, bordering Ukraine.
MOLDOVA – The Republic of Moldova wants to build a NATO-standard army, Moldova’s Prime Minister Dorin Recean said after meeting NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană in Chișinău. „Moldova’s neutrality is not tantamount to indifference, it doesn’t mean we don’t need to do anything. We need to build our defense capabilities, and that requires investments in our national army”, the head of government pointed out. In turn, Deputy Secretary Goeană explained that, although Moldova doesn’t face major military risks from the Russian Federation, this country is still fighting a hybrid war triggered by Russia, which involved energy blackmail, cyber-attacks, disinformation, influencing democratic processes and fuelling social turmoil.
