Volodymyr Zelensky‘s plane was ‘almost hit’ by a Russian drone moments after take off, as the Ukrainian president flew to Oslo to attend the King of Norway’s funeral.
The dramatic incident is said to have happened minutes after the plane left the runway on Tuesday, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told public broadcaster NRK.
‘His plane was almost hit by a drone as it was about to take off from Moldova. That is the reality he is facing,’ Stoere said.
The politician did not say what his source was for this information or how close the drone had come to his plane.
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