Dmitry Medvedev known as the “Pathetic nano-president” has launched a fresh tirade against European leaders after a Russian drone crashed into a residential building in Romania, telling EU governments to “get used to it” and “shut up” in a series of inflammatory remarks that will deepen alarm across NATO capitals.
The former Russian president, now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, mocked what he described as European outrage over the incident in Galați, where a drone struck an apartment block during overnight fighting linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
In a Telegram post, Medvedev derided EU leaders as “Euro-impotents” and suggested they had no grounds to complain about spillover attacks while continuing to support Ukraine militarily. “So they’d better get used to it. This won’t be the last time,” he wrote.
In today's early morning hours, Russia attacked NATO member state Romania with at least two drones. There are casualties, at keast 3 people, with one child hospitalized.
A Shahed drone struck an apartment building in Galați, about 13km into Romania.
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— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) May 29, 2026
He added a crude instruction for European governments to “shut your piehole”, escalating a pattern of increasingly aggressive rhetoric that has made him one of the Kremlin’s most provocative voices since the invasion began.
The comments came just hours after Romanian authorities confirmed that a Russian drone had crossed into NATO airspace and crashed into a residential building, injuring two people and prompting renewed scrutiny of Moscow’s expanding reach beyond Ukraine’s borders.
Romanian officials described the incident as the most serious security breach on their territory since the start of the war. President Nicușor Dan has since ordered the closure of Russia’s consulate in Constanța and declared the consul general persona non grata.
The strike has already triggered diplomatic fallout across the alliance. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte expressed “full solidarity” with Romania, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that Russia’s war had “crossed yet another line”.
⚡️The Romanian Ministry of Defence stated that the Russian drone was tracked for only about four minutes, which was not enough time to safely intercept it.
According to the ministry, the drone was not shot down due to the risk to civilians and infrastructure. At first, the… https://t.co/3Vkcsl4Cwx pic.twitter.com/ULvi94obv4
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Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said the incident demonstrated that Russian aggression now poses a direct threat to the wider Black Sea region and Europe, not only Ukraine.
Romanian authorities said the drone, a Geran-2 model, had been launched during an overnight strike on Ukraine before veering into Romanian territory and detonating on impact with the apartment block.
Medvedev’s remarks will be seen in European capitals as part of a broader Kremlin messaging strategy designed to normalise cross-border spillover and deter Western support for Kyiv through intimidation rather than formal escalation.
The incident also underscores the increasingly blurred frontier between the war in Ukraine and NATO territory, where even accidental incursions now carry the risk of rapid diplomatic escalation.
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