{"id":461295,"date":"2026-07-28T16:57:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/28\/lue-convoca-lincaricato-daffari-russo-dopo-i-droni-in-romania-e-lattacco-al-consolato-lettone-in-ucraina\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:12:59","slug":"lue-convoca-lincaricato-daffari-russo-dopo-i-droni-in-romania-e-lattacco-al-consolato-lettone-in-ucraina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/28\/lue-convoca-lincaricato-daffari-russo-dopo-i-droni-in-romania-e-lattacco-al-consolato-lettone-in-ucraina\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU summons the Russian charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires following the drone incidents in Romania and the attack on the Latvian Consulate in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 \u201cToday we summoned the Russian charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires to the European External Action Service as part of our response to the overflight of Romanian airspace by Russian drones and the destruction of the Latvian honorary consulate.\u201d This was\u00a0stated<\/a>\u00a0during today\u2019s (28 July) daily press briefing by the European Commission spokesperson,\u00a0Anour El Anouni<\/strong>, regarding the repeated incursions by Russian drones in Romania and the destruction of the Honorary Consulate of Latvia in Ukraine. In Ukraine alone, the attacks are reported to have caused the deaths of around ten victims.<\/p>\n

The intention to summon him had already been announced by the EU\u2019s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,<\/strong>\u00a0Kaja Kallas<\/strong>, who, on 24 July, had\u00a0reiterated<\/a>\u00a0on her social media channels that \u201cthe attack on the Honorary Consulate of Latvia in Slovyansk (Ukraine) highlights Moscow\u2019s utter disregard\u00a0for international law.\u201d Kallas had also stated that she would propose \u201cfurther targeted sanctions against the Russian military-industrial complex.\u201d This news was confirmed today by El Anouni.<\/p>\n

“We have expressed our firm condemnation of the deliberate violation of Romanian airspace by Russian drones,” emphasised El Anouni, who described the attacks as a reckless act. This \u201csignals a serious escalation on Russia\u2019s part and threatens the security of EU citizens, regional stability, and international peace,\u201d he added. The spokesperson then reaffirmed the European Union\u2019s support for Romania and Latvia, emphasising that the EU will continue \u201cto firmly support a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine, based on the United Nations Charter and international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On 24 July, the President of the European Commission,\u00a0Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>, had\u00a0expressed<\/b><\/a>\u00a0on her social media channels her\u00a0condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of Russia\u2019s latest attacks in the Kyiv region and in Sloviansk. According to the President, the destruction of the Consulate represents \u201cyet another example of the Kremlin\u2019s total contempt for diplomacy.\u201d Furthermore, the ongoing attacks by Moscow stem from the fact that \u201cRussia is losing the war it started, and is increasingly targeting civilians in a desperate attempt to crush\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s spirit.\u201d Von der Leyen then took the opportunity to reiterate that \u201cthe spirit of Ukraine is unbreakable,\u201d\u00a0 as is \u201cEurope\u2019s resolve\u00a0to support its defence.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The decision comes following the incursion of Russian drones into Romanian airspace and the destruction of the Honorary Consulate of Latvia in Ukraine, which, according to the High Representative, \u201cunderlines Moscow\u2019s utter disregard for international law\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":461284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707],"tags":[33644],"class_list":["post-461295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","tag-aiuti-allucraina"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461297,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461295\/revisions\/461297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}