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Ukraine's Zelenskyy Tells CBS News Russia Tried to Attack His Plane with Drones Twice in Recent Weeks

Zelenskyy said the incidents were meant to intimidate him and other foreign leaders, and a separate train strike carried 206 passengers, officials said.

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told CBS News on Tuesday that Russia targeted his presidential plane with drones twice in recent weeks while flying through Moldovan airspace.
  • Zelenskyy believes these incidents reflect a Russian intimidation strategy targeting him and foreign leaders, as unidentified drones have increasingly entered European airspace in recent months.
  • Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store described a near miss on Sept. 9, though Ukrainian officials dismissed the account as an 'exaggeration' and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the threat 'illusory.'
  • On Sunday, a Russian drone struck a passenger train carrying foreign dignitaries, including CIA Director David Petraeus, forcing evacuation near the Polish border.
  • NATO fighter jets shot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace for the first time on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, signaling these incursions extend beyond Ukraine.
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Russia hunts down the Ukrainian president. According to Selensky, there were two attacks on his president's machine – and that in brisant airspace.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CBS News that Russia had attempted to attack his plane with drones twice in recent weeks. The attacks allegedly took place in Moldova.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims Russia twice attempted to target his presidential plane using drones in recent weeks.

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“My presidential plane was in Moldova, and that’s why they attacked Moldova,” Zelenski said.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia has twice targeted his presidential plane as it traveled through Moldovan airspace in recent weeks. In an interview with CBS, Zelensky said that one of the incidents occurred during his trip to Norway, while another occurred during his return to Ukraine. "My presidential plane was in Moldova, and that's why they attacked Moldova. When we returned home, again through Chisinau, they did t…

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Reuters broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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