Tusk urges NATO action after Russian drone strikes Romania
A Russian combat drone struck a residential building in the eastern Romanian city of Galați overnight on Friday, May 29, leaving two civilians with minor injuries.
In immediate retaliation, Romanian President Nicusor Dan convened the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT), declaring the Russian Consul in Constanța persona non grata and ordering the closure of the consulate.
Following the escalation, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged NATO allies to take Moscow's physical and verbal maneuvers "seriously." Tusk emphasized that tensions are rapidly compounding across multiple nations along NATO’s eastern flank.
Donald Tusk wrote on his official Facebook page:
Poland, the Baltic states, and now Romania. More and more Russian provocations.
The Polish head of government also pointed to recent hostile rhetoric from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Tusk signaled that such explicit threats targeting European security cannot be ignored by Western defense planners.
According to news agency Mediafax, Tusk said:
The former president of Russia stated that EU citizens will no longer be able to sleep peacefully. Everyone in NATO should finally take these facts and words seriously.
Medvedev, who currently serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, had previously confirmed Moscow's aggressive stance on Friday. He openly framed European nations as combatants in the ongoing war.
Regarding the strike in Romania, Dmitry Medvedev said:
All EU states should remain silent on this subject. European states are direct participants in the war with Russia, and this is no longer disputed by anyone.
Let them prepare: this will continue to happen. It is war! And the citizens of EU states, as the population of countries at war, will not be able to sleep peacefully. Especially where drone production units for the needs of Banderite formations are located.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
