Former Russian president warns Europe’s ‘peaceful sleep is over’ after Romania drone hit

Published May 29, 2026 12:05pm ET | Updated May 29, 2026 12:41pm ET



The Russian government’s most notorious troll is leaning into the recent bombing of a Romanian apartment building after a drone intended to detonate in Ukraine drifted off course.

Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia and current deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, made a thinly veiled reference to the drone incident on Friday when he warned Europeans they were at war with his country.

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