State Dept Spox Pressed On NATO Member Romania Confirming Russian Drones Landed Inside Its Territory

  • 3 months ago
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller was asked about Russian drones landing inside Romanian territory.

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00:00continue to take those actions. But as you've also heard me say before, I'm never going to
00:04engage with you on one specific proposed sanction because we don't preview those in advance for,
00:07I think, very good reasons. It's not me. It's the law of the land. The U.S. Congress is asking
00:11the U.S. government to take this action. Moving to Russia and Ukraine, so Romania has confirmed
00:17that more Russian drones showed up in its airspace, three Shahids only from last night.
00:25Does this require a decisive action or response from NATO?
00:29So I'm not going to speak to that matter, only because there is still an ongoing investigation
00:35into what exactly happened and how it might happen – how it might have happened,
00:39and I think it's not appropriate for me to comment on it in advance. But obviously,
00:43we fully support all of our NATO allies. The President has made that clear
00:47from the outset of this conflict and from the outset of the administration.
00:51Is there any discussion going behind us in between allies?
00:53I'm never going to talk about private –
00:55I'm going to ask a question.
00:56Alex, I'm going to move on only because I got to leave in nine –
00:59Last topic.
00:59I have to leave in nine minutes.

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