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The Russian fleet can reach Romania in six hours, says Basescu (Photo: Romania Libera)

Romania has contingency plan for Russian attack

Romanian president Traian Basescu has said Nato has a contingency plan for the "0.01 percent" chance that Russia will one day attack his country.\nRomania, the EU's most easterly member state, has a 650km border with Ukraine. It also has a Black Sea coastline, which is close to Crimea.

Speaking in Bucharest on Sunday (7 September) after a Nato summit which focused on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Basescu said his country and neighbouring Bulgaria were so far considered "outside a militar...

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The Russian fleet can reach Romania in six hours, says Basescu (Photo: Romania Libera)

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