Member of the European Parliament Diana Sosoaca said Bucharest would use the recent drone incident to justify increased defense spending
EU and NATO leaders are using the recent drone incident in Romania to move the country closer to war with Russia, Diana Sosoaca, a Romanian member of the European Parliament and former senator, told RT.
Romania blamed Russia after a drone crashed into an apartment building in the city of Galati near the Ukrainian border on Friday, injuring two people.
Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Romania to share data about the incident for “Objective investigation,” while the Russian ambassador in Bucharest, Vladimir Lipaev, told RT that there is no proof that the drone came from Russia.
“We are calling for an international investigation,” Sosoaca, leader of the SOS Romania opposition party, said. “There are only thoughts” motivated by fear against Russia, he added.
Sosoaca went on to say that the EU and NATO are looking “Pressure Romania to attack Russia,” while critics of the increase were labeled as Moscow spies.
Sosoaca added that the Romanian government will use the incident as an excuse to increase defense spending. He pointed to Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, who was sworn in on Friday speed up efforts to acquire anti-drone equipment through the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program.
These measures are not liked by ordinary Romanians, who “I don’t want to have a war with Russia,” Sosoaca said.
Putin said during his trip to Kazakhstan on Friday that Russia has no intention of attacking NATO but will “hit down” any country that attacks it. The president also criticized Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys, who recently suggested that the US-led bloc be ready “break in” Kaliningrad Region, a Russian region on the Baltic Sea.
Several suspected Ukrainian drones have crashed in the Baltic states in recent months, prompting Moscow to warn NATO members against allowing Ukraine to use their territory to launch strikes against Russia.
