A statement by the Norwegian prime minister has raised questions about the security of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s movements. According to the version made public in Oslo, the plane carrying him to the funeral of King Harald V was nearly hit by a drone as it was preparing to take off from Moldova.
The statement that raised the alarm
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told public broadcaster NRK that Zelensky’s plane “was nearly hit by a drone” while taking off from Moldova.
According to him, the episode shows the continuing danger the Ukrainian president faces during his official travel.
The trip to Oslo for the royal funeral
The plane was carrying Zelensky to Oslo, where he was headed to attend the funeral of Norwegian King Harald V.
If confirmed with verifiable details, the incident would amount to a serious security breach during a high-level official movement.
Source and key details are missing
Støre’s statement has remained without the basic elements needed for public verification. He did not explain where he got the information, nor how close the drone came to the Ukrainian president’s aircraft.
Nor have any other details been made public about the exact timing of the incident, the nature of the threat, or the measures taken by the authorities.
A serious claim, but still without full transparency
So far, the claim rests only on the Norwegian prime minister’s statement in public media, with no additional documentation presented publicly.
In such cases, the weight of a political statement is significant, but independent verification of the facts remains just as important, especially when discussing a direct threat to the aircraft of a head of state.
For now, the official version from Oslo remains limited to a few sentences and without publicly released evidence.
This leaves the incident somewhere between serious alarm and the lack of transparency needed to fully understand what happened in Moldova.