Putin denies Russian drone struck Romania Breaking: Putin questions if the drone in Romania was Russian Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday questioned ⁠if the drone which crashed into an apartment ⁠block ​in Romania ⁠was from Russia ⁠and suggested ​it could have ⁠been ‌a Ukrainian drone. Putin told reporters he ‌had only ‌just heard of the ⁠incident and suggested that the drone wreckage be handed over to Russia so that Moscow ‌can conduct ​its own ‌independent investigation. He said: “Ukrainian drones flew into Poland and Baltic states before, I think we have the same situation here.” "The first reaction was exactly the same as it is now in Romania: The Russians are coming," Putin said. "Then, after a short time, it turned out that it had nothing to do with Russian drones." Putin also ‌pushed back against remarks by European Commission President ​Ursula von der Leyen, who accused Russia ‌of crossing another line with ⁠the incident, saying that she had not examined the ⁠drone debris herself.…