The aircraft was departing Moldova for Norway, where the president attended King Harald V’s funeral
1-MIN READ1-MINReutersPublished: 4:45am, 10 Sep 2026The plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Oslo for the funeral of the king of Norway was nearly struck by a drone when taking off from Moldova on Tuesday, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told public broadcaster NRK on Wednesday.
“His plane was almost hit by a drone as it was about to take off from Moldova. That is the reality he is facing,” said Stoere, who did not say what his source was for the information or how close the drone came.
Officials in Moldova made no comment on Stoere’s statement regarding Zelensky’s plane.
Arrivals and departures at Chisinau airport were suspended for a time on Tuesday in connection with two Russian drones that entered Moldovan airspace.
Several flights bound for the capital landed at airports outside Moldova or were forced into holding patterns, according to data from Flightradar24.
One drone landed in a field, triggering a fire, while the second carried on into Romanian airspace.
