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The ambassador stated that there was no evidence of the flight of a Russian UAV over Moldova.

Ambassador Ozerov: Russia's accusations of drone flights over Moldova are unsubstantiated
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Moldova has no evidence that it is Russia that owns the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that flew through the republic's air borders. On November 20, Russian Ambassador to the Republic Oleg Ozerov told reporters after visiting the Moldovan Foreign Ministry.

The day before, the Moldovan Ministry of Defense announced that it had received notifications from Ukraine and Romania about an alleged violation of the republic's airspace by a drone of unknown origin. However, it was not detected by the republic's own airspace monitoring systems.

"A protest was raised in connection with the drone's flight, but no evidence was presented to confirm that it was a Russian-made drone. Therefore, we have a question why the Russian ambassador was invited, and not the Ukrainian one, because the drone flew from Ukrainian territory," the diplomat said.

According to him, such kind of protests by the Moldovan side cause only bewilderment. Ozerov called on Chisinau not to allow external players to influence their position, because there are enough people who want to draw Moldova into a confrontation with Russia.

"For our part, we believe that there is no reason to bring charges against the Russian Federation if there is no evidence at all except for the drone buzzing," the ambassador added.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinsky said on November 11 that Russia had offered the European Union (EU) to hold consultations on incidents involving drones that allegedly violated the airspace of the Union countries, but received only unfriendly steps in response. Moreover, according to him, Moscow has only strengthened its opinion that the UAV incidents are a planned provocation.

On October 6, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that many European politicians often falsely accuse Russia of "really strange" incidents involving alleged UAVs over their countries.

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