Moldovan MFA issues protest note to Russian ambassador over election interference, drone incursions

IPN reported the information.

On November 12, Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a note of protest to Russian Ambassador Oleg Ozerov during a meeting at the ministry, citing "the illegal and deliberate interference of the Russian Federation in the electoral process of the Republic of Moldova to distort the results of the presidential election and the republican constitutional referendum, thereby undermining and delegitimizing the democratic process."

In addition, the Moldovan Foreign Ministry "strongly condemned" the violation of the country's airspace by Russian drones.

The summons of the Russian ambassador was previously reported by Radio Liberty, citing a number of Moldovan outlets with sources in the Foreign Ministry.

The Russian ambassador to Moldova was scheduled to appear at the Moldovan Foreign Ministry on November 12. No further details have been disclosed, and neither Moscow nor Chisinau has commented on the ambassador's summons.

At the same time, the Russian propaganda agency TASS reported that the Russian Foreign Ministry "categorically denied" Moldova's allegedly unfounded accusations that a Russian drone had violated the country's airspace.

• On the morning of November 10, after a nighttime Russian UAV attack on Ukraine, a drone was spotted in the Kaushan district of Moldova. Later, another drone was found in the neighbouring district.