Zelensky's flight delayed over drone threat in Moldova
Norway's Prime Minister: Ukraine's drone 'almost shot down' Zelenskyy's plane in Moldova. Vladimir Zelenskyy's plane 'almost was shot down...'
Consensus
- The flight of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zелensky from Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, was delayed on September 8.
- A Russian drone entered Moldova's airspace on September 8.
- The drone incident led to temporary closure of Moldova's airspace.
- Three flights were delayed on departure and four on arrival due to the drone threat.
- The drone crashed near the village of Stare Mihai leni in the Rîșcani district.
- Zelensky was traveling to Oslo, Norway, to attend the funeral of King Harald V.
- Zelensky later traveled from Norway to Canada.
- Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stated that Zelensky's plane narrowly avoided a collision with a drone.
- The drone was identified by Moldovan police as a type of Russian 'Guray' drone.
- Ukrainian officials described Støre's claim as an exaggeration.
Points of divergence
- The Office of Zelensky called the Norwegian PM's statement about the near-collision 'an exaggeration'. — tg_tvrain
- The Norwegian PM said the drone 'almost hit' Zelensky's plane during departure. — tg_echoonline_news
- The Norwegian PM said the plane was 'almost hit' by a drone during takeoff from Moldova. — tg_varlamov_news
- The Norwegian PM said Zelensky's plane was 'almost shot down' by a drone during takeoff in Moldova. — tg_currenttime
- The Norwegian PM said the drone almost collided with Zelensky's plane during takeoff from Chișinău. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- The Moldovan government confirmed the drone threat and that the plane departed after the drone crashed. — meduza
- A high-ranking Ukrainian official confirmed that a Russian drone entered Moldova's airspace while Zelensky's plane waited to depart. — tg_dwglavnoe
- The BBC reported that Moldovan and Norwegian authorities confirmed the flight delay due to Russian drones. — tg_bbcrussian
Coverage (20 sources)
- Zelenskyy's plane almost collided with a drone in Moldova. The plane transporting the President of Ukraine from Moldova to Oslo, where he was present at the funeral of Norwegian King Harald V on Wednesday, was almost shot down by a drone. The Norwegian Prime Minister said this... — ASTRA
- In Zelenskyy's office, words of Norwegian PM about plane narrowly colliding with drone called 'exaggeration' — Дождь (Telegram)
- Prime Minister of Norway: drone 'barely shot down' Zelensky's plane in Moldova. Vladimir Zelensky's plane 'barely was shot down' by drone when flying to Norway from Moldova, said Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre to NRK channel, not specifying details. — ЭХО / Новости
- Plane with Zelenskyy 'barely hit by drone', says Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre: 'His plane barely was hit by a drone when it was supposed to take off from Moldova. This is the reality in which he is'... — Varlamov News
- Ukraine's President's plane 'barely shot down by drone', says Norwegian Prime Minister Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky's plane barely was shot down by... — Настоящее Время
- Norway's Prime Minister stated that a drone narrowly collided with Zelensky's plane during takeoff from Moldova — The Moscow Times
- Moldova and Ukraine say Zelenskyy's flight from Chisinau was delayed due to drone threat. Norwegian PM said presidential plane 'barely collided with a drone' — Meduza
- Turn on Morning on Rain with Polina Milushkova. In this issue: — Дождь (Telegram)
- Zelenskyy's plane narrowly collided with a drone in Moldova on departure to Norway — DW Главное
- «His plane almost got hit by a drone». Zelensky's flight to Oslo from Moldova was delayed due to a Russian drone — BBC News Русская служба
- Norway's Prime Minister stated that a drone is approaching Zelenskyy's aircraft — Ведомости
- Zelenskyy's plane narrowly collided with a drone during departure from Moldova. On the same day, an unmanned aerial vehicle similar to the Russian 'Geran' fell on its territory. — The Insider
- Norway's Prime Minister reported that Vladimir Zelenskyy's plane narrowly avoided colliding with a drone on its way from Moldova to Oslo — Медиазона
- Zelenskyy's plane almost collided with a drone in Moldova — Вести
- Norway's Prime Minister stated that Zelenskyy's plane narrowly avoided colliding with a drone on its way from Moldova to Oslo — Meduza
- Norway's Prime Minister: drone 'barely shot down' Zelensky's plane in Moldova — ЭХО / Новости
- Zelenskyy's plane narrowly avoided being shot down by a drone — Norwegian Prime Minister — SOTAvision
- Ukraine's Zelenskyy plane narrowly avoided being shot down by a drone during takeoff in Moldova, Norwegian PM claims — Дождь (Telegram)
- Zelenskyy's plane narrowly avoided collision with drone in Moldova — ASTRA
- Zelenskyy's plane narrowly missed shooting down a drone during takeoff from Moldova — Вечерняя Москва
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