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Norway's PM: Zelenskyy's plane almost hit by drone
DW.com • • general
Key Points:
- Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store revealed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's plane was nearly hit by a drone while taking off from Moldova en route to Norway for King Harald V's funeral.
- Moldova's airspace was temporarily closed due to a drone alert, delaying Zelenskyy's flight, with a Russian drone reportedly crashing on Moldovan territory.
- Zelenskyy arrived in Oslo on Tuesday, held talks on military and civilian aid, and attended King Harald's funeral alongside other dignitaries.
- Neither Zelenskyy nor Ukrainian officials have commented on the drone incident, which some sources described as exaggerated.
- The US-based Institute for the Study of War reported a Russian Shahed drone flew through Moldovan and Romanian airspace before crashing in Moldova, though its connection to the near-miss incident remains unclear.
