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 "slug": "romania-expels-russian-diplomat-recalls-ambassador-four-drone-incursions-lipaev-toiu",
 "title": "Romania Expels a Russian Diplomat and Recalls Its Ambassador After Four Drone Incursions in Four Days",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/romania-expels-russian-diplomat-recalls-ambassador-four-drone-incursions-lipaev-toiu/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/romania-expels-russian-diplomat-recalls-ambassador-four-drone-incursions-lipaev-toiu/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-27T19:05:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T19:06:24.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBucharest, 27 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu summoned Russian Ambassador Vladimir Lipaev on 27 July, handed him a formal protest over airspace violations on 24–26 July, and served a note requiring one member of the Russian mission to leave Romania within five days\n * Bucharest also recalled its own ambassador from Moscow for consultations, and showed Lipaev fragments of a drone destroyed on Romanian territory which prosecutors' investigations had confirmed to ",
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  "diplomacy"
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 "capabilities": [
  "uncrewed-autonomy"
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 "tags": [
  "international-affairs",
  "drones-uav",
  "central-eastern-europe"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "italy",
  "nato",
  "russia",
  "ukraine"
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  "countries": [
   "italy",
   "russia",
   "ukraine"
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  "domains": [
   "alliance-policy"
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