DEFENCE Romania’s Chief of Staff has staged an online meeting with the representatives of the local public authorities in south-eastern Romania in the context of the latest Russian attacks on the Ukrainian bank of the Danube. According to a communiqué by the Ministry of Defence, the conference focused on the optimization of the inter-institutional coordination. High on the agenda were also a presentation of the security situation, the army’s public communication, issues related to preparing the population, economy and territory for defence, the legal responsibilities of various institutions in the national defence system.