Ukraine war: Russian drones hit Romania claim, Sweden spy trial, Kyiv defence minister dismissed

Ukraine said on Monday that Russian drones fell on NATO member Romania, following a wave of huge overnight strikes. 

Bucharest "categorically" denied Kyiv's claim. 

Citing information from Ukrainian border guards, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko wrote on Facebook: "During a massive attack carried out by Russia in the Izmail port area, Russian shaheds fell and exploded on Romanian territory." 

"This is further confirmation that Russian missile terror poses a huge security threat not only to Ukraine but also to neighbouring countries, including NATO member states," he added.

The Romanian Defence Ministry said it was "monitoring the situation" and "at no time" have Russia's attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure posed a "direct military threat" to Romania or its territorial waters. 

On Monday, Ukraine intercepted 17 Russian drones in the southern Odesa region, which damaged buildings in the Izmail port district, according to a local governor. 

Warehouses and production buildings, agricultural machinery and industrial equipment were damaged," wrote Oleg Kiper on Telegram.

The attack lasted three and a half hours and caused no casualties, he said. 

Izmail's river port has become one of the main exit routes for Ukrainian grain since Moscow ended a deal that allowed Kyiv's export over the Black Sea in July. 

Over the weekend, Russian drones hit industrial sites on the Danube River, said the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. 

Sergei Skvortsov, a Russian-Swedish man in his 60s, appeared in a Stockholm court on Monday, accused of passing Western technology to Moscow for nearly a decade.

Skvortsov was charged with “illegal intelligence activities” against Sweden and the United States, following a police investigation by