Romania denies Russian missiles crossed country

Kyiv had earlier claimed that two Russian missiles crossed the airspace of Romania, a NATO-member country

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Romania on Friday dismissed claims that Russian missiles flew over the country, rejecting Kyiv's claims that two Russian missiles crossed the airspace of the NATO-member, on their way to Ukraine.

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Romania detected an "aerial target launched from the Black Sea, from a ship of the Russian Federation" but "at no point did it intersect with Romania's airspace," its ministry of defence said.