Missile debris landed in the northern Moldovan village of Naslavcea on Monday morning after a Russian fusillade was intercepted by air defences in neighbouring Ukraine, according to a statement from Moldova’s interior ministry.
No one was hurt, but the windows of several homes in Naslavcea, which borders Ukraine, were shattered, according to the ministry.
Nicu Popescu, Moldova’s foreign minister, said the Russian attack had targeted a Ukrainian dam on the Nistru River that runs through the two countries.
“Attacks on water infrastructure and ensuing stress on the river could put the entire region in danger of floods,” he tweeted, condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine “in the strongest possible terms”.
This morning a part of a Russian missile shot down by Ukrainian air defences landed in the Moldovan village of Naslavcea on the Ukrainian border.
There were no casualties; the shock wave shattered windows of several residential houses.
— Nicu Popescu (@nicupopescu) October 31, 2022