Romania\u2019s Defence Ministry didn\u2019t specify the origin of the drone but has previously blamed Russia for similar incidents.<\/p>\n
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Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least one person and wounded seven more while a Spanish jet has shot down a drone that entered Romanian airspace.<\/p>\n
A woman was killed and six others wounded in a missile and drone attack on Kryvyi Rig, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the region\u2019s governor said early on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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Authorities in the Ukrainian capital also said Kyiv was \u201cunder ballistic missile attack\u201d late on Saturday, with one person wounded and fires sparked at non-residential sites in the Obolonsky and Holosiivskyi districts.<\/p>\n
Separately, Romania\u2019s Defence Ministry reported on Sunday that a Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission to Romania had shot down a drone illegally breaching its national airspace.<\/p>\n
It is the fourth drone shot down in Romania this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n Romania\u2019s Defence Ministry did not specify the origin of \u200cthe \u200cdrone.<\/p>\n In July, a Romanian jet shot down a suspected Russian drone<\/a>, and in May a stray drone injured two people in the Romanian city of Galati when it collided with a building.<\/p>\n Romania shares a 634km (394-mile) border with Ukraine and has repeatedly seen Russian drones breaching its airspace as Moscow escalates its bombing campaign against Ukrainian civilian and military infrastructure.<\/p>\n Escalating long-range strikes<\/p>\n Russia has maintained near-daily missile and drone strikes across Ukraine since launching its full-scale invasion in early 2022, with areas far from the front lines frequently coming under attack.<\/p>\n The war\u2019s impact has also spread to key regional shipping lanes, with reports of mines<\/a> and unmanned sea drones<\/a> found floating in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n