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A Russian missile that targeted Ukraine landed in nearby Moldova in what has been called the first “spillover” of the Ukraine war into a nearby country. On Monday morning, Moscow launched a wave of missile attacks across Ukraine, including in the capital, Kyiv.
Damage to civilian infrastructure, power networks and water supplies were reported from Lviv in the west, across to Kharkiv in the north-east and down to Zaporizhzhia in the south of Ukraine.
As Ukrainian forces assessed the damage, Moldova’s interior ministry said a missile intercepted by Ukrainian air defence had landed in Moldovan territory.
The missile landed in the village of Naslavcea, which is in the very north of Moldova.
The village, right on the border with Ukraine, has the two Ukrainian cities of Chernivsti and Vinnytsia as its closest major hubs in Ukraine, both of which were targeted on Monday by Russian missiles.
There have been no casualties reported, but several buildings have been damaged.
The ministry said in a statement: “So far there are no reported victims, but the windows of several houses in Naslavcea were destroyed.”
Journalist Isobel Kushiw, reporting from Ukraine, called the incident “the first spillover since the war began”.
Earlier this month, the Moldovan government accused Moscow of violating its airspace with missile attacks destined for Ukrainian territory.
Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu wrote on Twitter that Russian cruise missiles launched across the Black Sea “crossed Moldova’s airspace”, adding: “I instructed that Russia’s ambassador be summoned to provide an explanation.”
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