Moldova’s Foreign Ministry summoned the accredited Russian ambassador, Oleg Ozerov, on Tuesday following the crash of a Russian-made drone carrying explosives on Moldovan territory.
The incident occurred overnight near the village of Copanca, prompting a formal protest note from Chisinau to Moscow.
The event underscores the widening security perimeter of the conflict in Ukraine, with spillover risks increasingly affecting neighboring states.
Moldova, which shares a border with the breakaway region of Transnistria, has faced repeated airspace violations and debris incidents in recent months.
This development coincides with a broader intensification of hostilities.
Russian forces have recently escalated attacks on civilian energy infrastructure in eastern and northern Ukraine, targeting gas stations and fuel depots.