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"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio refused to comment on the Romania drone incident as he shook hands with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Washington DC on Friday. "Mr. Secretary, your reaction to a Russian drone strike against Romania?" was met with a "thank you guys". Western leaders were quick to blame Russia earlier for the drone incursion, which reportedly hit a Romanian apartment block. NATO chief Mark Rutte hit out at Moscow's recklessness' while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Russia had 'crossed yet another line'. However, speaking with reporters later, President Nicosur Dan revealed that when drones had "passed over the territory of Ukraine, some of them were shot down, and one of them was probably hit over the city of Reni. His (the drone's) trajectory changed, and he hit Galati." Asked what might've changed the trajectory, he replied the drone was 'hit kinetically" and was 'shot down'. Earlier, the Romanian Defence Ministry also gave a press briefing and insisted that the drone incident was 'not an attack' on the country: "We are dealing with the effects of a conflict taking place in the immediate vicinity of our border. Unfortunately, with direct consequences on the population in the area," said Brigadier General Gheorghe Maxim, Deputy Commander of Romanian Armed Forces Joint Command. Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Eurasian Economic Forum in Astana, said: "No one can determine the origin of any aircraft until an investigation has been conducted." "
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