Russian Drone Delays Zelenskyy Flight From Moldova as Norway Pushes FREYJA Air-Defense Plan
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Sep 9
Russian Drone Delays Zelenskyy Flight From Moldova as Norway Pushes FREYJA Air-Defense Plan
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Sep 9
Summary
Moldova confirmed a Russian drone alert delayed Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s departure on Tuesday, after authorities closed airspace and cleared his plane only once the drone had come down on Moldovan territory.
Jonas Gahr Store said the aircraft was “almost hit” during takeoff from Moldova, though he did not say how close the drone came or cite the source of that account.
Oslo then hosted Zelenskyy for King Harald V’s funeral and talks with Store and defense-industry executives on FREYJA, a proposed European anti-ballistic system.
Zelenskyy said the meeting focused on splitting responsibilities between governments and companies to deliver the program’s first practical results, as Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least eight people on Wednesday.