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[00:00:07]Madam President, thank you for conven- In Romania's case, just this year, we have seen more than 40 such incursions, and we have seen a growing frequency.

[00:00:20]What makes it different this time, though, is that it is the first time since the start of the war of aggression against Ukraine that Romanian citizens also require medical care, and that Romanian property has been significantly damaged.

[00:00:34]A mother and child were injured and required medical care, but now are out of risk.

[00:00:40]The impact caused a fire and extensive damages to the building. The building itself was temporarily evacuated. I want to provide context. The drone crashed in a highly, densely populated residential area where children, women, and men live safely with their families. The effects could have been more astounding. Romania firmly condemns this reckless behavior and repeated aerial intrusion by Russian vehicles into our sovereign territory.

[00:01:11]Irrespective of what was their initial destination, the gravity of the action and the responsibility of the perpetrator are clear.

[00:01:19]The risk further undermines peace and security in Europe and, through its wider implications, represents a concern for the entire UN membership.

[00:01:29]>> Mr. President, Romania has hastily convened this meeting and immediately put forward The main purpose The main purpose of today's meeting is to satisfy a demand by Western countries to generate yet another wave of anti-Russian news.

[00:01:56]We would like to present an objective version of the events change the details provided regarding the crash of the UAV unmanned aerial in the city of Galati as well as from a factual perspective.

[00:02:16]The Russian armed forces did conduct operations targeting the military infrastructure of the Kyiv regime on the night of May 29th.

[00:02:25]These actions have been carried out by the Kyiv regime against our civilian infrastructure facilities which are systematic and consistent in nature.

[00:02:39]The damage as a result destroyed the port of through which our former Western supply military goods for the needs of Ukraine.

[00:02:54]There those shipments are on and and then distributed further across Ukraine against our civilian population.

[00:03:05]Of course, we will be destroying such shipments as early and as remotely as possible.

[00:03:11]According to official there was an impact in the city of Galati. If such a drone had crashed into a residential building, the UAV which impacted one of the apartment buildings the payload of such a UAV carries approximately 50 kg of explosives. The distance from the apartment building has claimed approximately 50 kg of explosives.

[00:03:37]If such a drone had crashed into a residential building, the damage the damage would be as shown by the Iranian media. The distance from the port of Galati to this building in Galati is 1.5 km. The distance from the port of Galati to this building in Galati has been the Russian fleet near Reni, it would have fallen there, and it certainly would not have flown such a distance without detonating in midair.

[00:04:03]The full circumstances of what happened must be established through a thorough, objective, and depoliticized investigation.

[00:04:11]With the input of the Russian side first and foremost, we are ready to participate in such an investigation.

[00:04:20]But of course, only after we have objectively analyzed and agreed I shared with our prior analysis, only then will we be able to provide an assessment of what actually happened.

[00:04:34]>> How to address this intentional, I repeat intentional, drone strike against the peaceful city of Galati? We have to recognize that the most effective way to deal with these Russian attacks on Romanian citizens, and indeed on all European citizens, is to prevent those drones from entering Ukraine's airspace in the first place.

[00:04:56]In practical terms, this means helping Ukraine protect our skies and establish a powerful and fully integrated air defense shield with all the combined capabilities of our European partners. We urgently call upon our allies, also sitting on this table, not just to completely rethink and change the current approach and initiate a decisive shift in scale in the provision of air defense systems. We need at least a tenfold, but actually twentyfold increase.

[00:05:26]But what Ukraine needs most is the commitment of our European and our American partners to actively intercept and destroy Russian missiles and Russian drones over Ukraine's territory. The strikes on Galati should therefore become a turning point. The most effective response to Russia expanding its war across Europe is not another expression of concern, but a bold collective action that would deprive Russia of the ability to terrorize both Ukraine and all its neighbors. The safest Romanian sky begins with much better protected sky over Ukraine.

[00:06:03]>> Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Director Gotto, for your briefing today.

[00:06:07]We welcome We condemn the reckless incursion of a Russian military drone, >> [clears throat] >> which crossed into Romanian airspace and truck struck a Romanian apartment building, injuring multiple people.

[00:06:21]The United States stands with its NATO ally Romania.

[00:06:26]Our thoughts are with the injured and all affected in Galați.

[00:06:31]As we have said before, we will defend every inch of NATO territory.

[00:06:37]The incident further underscores why the Russia-Ukraine war must immediately end.

[00:06:43]The United States reiterates its call for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire as a step towards a durable, negotiated end to the war.

[00:06:56]The war must stop.

[00:06:59]The United States remains ready to do whatever possible to immediately end the Russia-Ukraine war for good.

[00:07:13]>> The European Union strongly condemns uh the grave incident of the 29th of May in which a Russian drone carrying explosives that was part of one more overnight attack against Ukraine crashed into a residential building in Galați, Romania.

[00:07:30]You heard from the Minister and welcome to this chamber as well the details.

[00:07:37]On behalf of the EU and all its member states, I express my full solidarity with Romania, its citizens, and those affected by this incident.

[00:07:45]Colleagues, this reckless act was not a fluke.

[00:07:50]It is a direct result of Russia's continuing war of aggression against Ukraine.

[00:07:55]Russia bears full responsibility for the consequences of its escalatory behavior and its continued military actions, which once again threaten the security of EU citizens, regional stability, and international peace.

[00:08:09]The European Union reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the security of Romania and all its member states and stands ready to accelerate efforts to strengthen protection against such threats, including through Eastern Flank Watch and other initiatives to consolidate European defense readiness.