Moldova police find Russian drone fragments near Ukraine border

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service patrol along the Ukraine-Moldova border, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Sergey Smolentsev/File Photo

CHISINAU (Reuters) - Police on Sunday found fragments of a Russian drone alongside the Moldova border with Ukraine, prompting pro-European President Maia Sandu to renew her support for Kyiv in its nearly two-year-old war with Moscow.

The war has buffeted Moldova, with periodic reports of weapon fragments found on the territory of the ex-Soviet state lying between Ukraine and Romania. Sandu, whose main policy goal is securing European Union membership, has singled out Russia and corruption as the two greatest threats to her country.