Two Russian Banderol drone-launched missiles enter Moldova's airspace

Amid Russian large-scale attacks on Ukraine, Moldova's National Integrated Monitoring System has reported that two S8000 Banderol drone-launched cruise missiles entered the country's airspace.

According to Moldova's Ministry of Defence, the first missile crossed the state border at 06:04 from the village of Yasky in Odesa Oblast towards the village of Tudora in the Ștefan Vodă district, leaving Moldovan airspace at 06:09 towards the village of Starokozache in Odesa Oblast.

The second missile crossed the state border at 06:06 from the village of Lymanske in Odesa Oblast towards the village of Pervomaisc in the Transnistrian segment, leaving Moldovan airspace at 06:10 towards the town of Rozdilna in Odesa Oblast.

The Moldovan National Army's Air Operations Centre are continuing to monitor the country's airspace in coordination with the relevant authorities and partners.

After a drone carrying explosives was discovered in the village of Chiștelnița, having crashed 100 metres from a residential building, Moldova's Foreign Ministry announced that it would declare a Russian Embassy staff member in Chișinău persona non grata.

President Maia Sandu stressed that "Russia's war keeps putting Moldovan lives at risk".

On 10 November, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Lilian Darii, Moldova's Ambassador to Russia, to lodge a strong protest over the Moldovan authorities' decision on 23 October to declare a Russian Embassy staff member in Chișinău persona non grata.