Russia has not ruled out that the drone that hit a building in Galati, Romania, was Russian, but has ruled out that there was the will to do so, while the target was a Ukrainian port located less than twenty kilometers away.
Statements by the Russian ambassador to the UN
«The Geran-2 drone contained approximately 50 kilograms of explosives. If a drone of this type had actually hit the roof of the building, as claimed, the consequences would not have been limited to the fire shown by the Romanian media: the roof would have been completely destroyed”, explained Ambassador Vassilj Nebenzia in his speech to the UN Security Council.
The request for a thorough investigation
«The full circumstances of what happened – he added – must be ascertained through a thorough, objective and depoliticized investigation, with the involvement of the Russian side in the foreground.
We are ready to participate in the investigation, but obviously only if we are provided with objective data and the remains of the drone for our analysis. Only then will we be able to provide an assessment of what really happened.”