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Norwegian PM says drone "almost hit" Zelensky's plane; Moldova reports only a delay
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On 9 September, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told public broadcaster NRK that Zelensky's plane was "almost hit by a drone" while taking off from Moldova en route to King Harald V's funeral. Within hours his own office and the Moldovan government softened the claim to a drone incursion that closed the airspace and delayed three departures, and outlets split over whether the near-miss or the delay was the story.
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