Romania's coalition government on September 2 sent to parliament for final approval a draft law enabling the donation of a Patriot missile-defense system to Ukraine. Bucharest said in June that it would donate one of its two operational Patriot systems to Ukraine on condition that allies replace it with a similar air-defense system. Romania, a NATO member since 2004, shares a 650-kilometer border with Ukraine and has had Russian drone fragments stray into its territory repeatedly as Moscow attacks Ukrainian ports just across the Danube River border. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Romanian Service, click here.
Romanian Parliament To Debate Sending Patriot Missile System To Ukraine
Romania has said it would donate one of its two Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine.