Country overview
Romania: incident register since 2022
The Romanian register includes flights and discoveries of objects around the Danube, as well as incidents in the Black Sea. An alert covering several counties does not mean several separate incursions. Loss of tracking, discovered debris and a confirmed shoot-down are recorded separately. Incidents in the exclusive economic zone are distinguished from incidents on Romanian territory.
What the register covers
83 records. 32 editorially verified. 2022-02-24 - 2026-10-31.
These are Borderline records, not a count of all incidents or Russian attacks. A record may cover several objects or locations. The connection to the war and responsibility are described separately in each record.
airspace incident / infrastructure disruption / object found / arson / airport disruption / infrastructure sabotage
Timeline of records
northeastern Romania; one drone last observed between Vaslui and Bacău
On the evening of 31 October 2026, Romanian radar detected two drones entering northeastern Romanian airspace without authorisation. Four F-16s from Câmpia Turzii and Borcea and an IAR-330 SOCAT helicopter were scrambled. Warnings covered Iași, Neamț, Vaslui, Botoșani, Bacău…
unresolved / Record verified
southeast and east of Sulina, Romanian territorial sea
On 17 October 2026, two Romanian F-16s from Borcea took off at 17:43 and shot down two jet-powered Geran-family attack drones over Romania’s territorial sea, in national airspace. The first was shot down at 18:01 southeast of Sulina after two minutes in Romanian airspace, the…
unresolved / Record verified
Wine Trader, about 13 nautical miles southeast of Sulina, outside Romania’s territorial sea
On 15 October 2026 around 07:00, the San Marino-flagged tanker Wine Trader requested help following a superstructure fire. The vessel carried no cargo and had 12 people aboard. According to ANR, five people were rescued and taken to hospital while seven remained missing. The…
unresolved / Record verified
southeast of Sulina, over Romanian territorial waters
On 15 October 2026 at 01:34, Romanian radar detected a drone for about one minute in national airspace over territorial waters southeast of Sulina. The drone then disappeared from radar. Spanish F-18s were scrambled. Later detections of other targets and an F-16 scramble do not…
unresolved / Record verified
Romanian airspace over the Black Sea, east of Sulina
On 14 October 2026, Romania’s defence ministry confirmed in statement no. 329 that an aerial target briefly entered Romanian airspace east of Sulina, over the Black Sea. The target then entered Ukrainian airspace, where Ukrainian air defences shot it down. Two Romanian F-16s…
unresolved / Record verified
Yara J, about 8 nautical miles east of Sulina, Romanian territorial sea
On the evening of 14 October 2026, an explosion and fire affected the superstructure of the Comoros-flagged tanker Yara J. According to ProTV, the captain requested help around 20:20. The crew extinguished the fire and the vessel headed towards Constanța. There were 17 people…
unresolved / Record verified
about 22 km northeast of Sulina, Romanian territorial waters
On 14 October 2026, an aerial target entered airspace over Romanian territorial waters at 17:38 and left at 17:46. Two F-16s from Borcea were scrambled. The defence ministry describes a separate afternoon sequence, distinct from the morning incursion recorded that day. The…
unresolved / Record verified
Romanian airspace over the Black Sea, evening sequence
On 14 October 2026 at 20:04, two aerial targets entered Romanian airspace. Contact with one was lost over the sea. The other left at 20:13 towards Vâlcove in Ukraine, then flew towards Reni, where Ukrainian air defences destroyed it. Spanish F-18s were scrambled. One entry…
unresolved / Record verified
Black Sea, Romania’s exclusive economic zone; Royad Mammadov
On 5 October 2026, the Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged Royad Mammadov caught fire and sank in Romania’s exclusive economic zone. Romanian authorities reported two deaths and 11 people rescued. On 6 October, Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry confirmed the captain’s death, one missing…
officially attributed / Record verified
Insula Mare a Brăilei, opposite Gropeni, Brăila County
On 29 September 2026, MApN was notified of debris on farmland on Insula Mare a Brăilei, opposite Gropeni. An overnight emergency call reported a falling object and fire. Examination confirmed a crater and drone fragments; the preliminary assessment was that its explosive…
unresolved / Record verified
Ceatalchioi-Somova area, Tulcea County
On the evening of 27 September 2026, Romanian radar detected an object over Ukraine north of Chilia Veche. It then entered Romanian airspace through the Ceatalchioi area and moved along the border. Its signal disappeared near Somova after about 10 minutes. Two Romanian F-16s…
unresolved / Record verified
Chilia Veche-Pardina area, Tulcea County
On the night of 26-27 September 2026, Romania’s Defence Ministry confirmed by radar that an aerial object entered near Chilia Veche. It travelled almost parallel to the Chilia branch for several minutes; its signal was lost near Pardina. Two Spanish F-18s and a Romanian IAR-330…
unresolved / Record verified
entry through northern Botoșani County; crash near Solca, Suceava County
On the morning of 24 September 2026, Romania’s Defence Ministry detected a target over Ukraine near northern Botoșani County; radar indicated that it then entered Romanian airspace. Two F-16s took off, and a RO-Alert was issued for Botoșani and Suceava at 06:26. In update no.…
unresolved / Record verified
Black Sea, Romania's exclusive economic zone, about 33, 37 and 42 nautical miles from Constanța
On 20 September 2026, Romanian naval forces recovered three drone fragments in Romania's exclusive economic zone. The first was retrieved about 37 nautical miles from Constanța, another at around 17:30 at a distance of 42 miles, and a third around 19:00 at 33 miles. Specialists…
unresolved / Record verified
Black Sea, about 50 nautical miles east of Chituc; exact neutralisation site not established
On 19 September 2026, the Romanian Coast Guard reported a floating object, possibly an aerial drone fragment, about 50 nautical miles east of Chituc. On 20 September at around 09:30, naval EOD divers neutralised the debris. The defence ministry described the intervention site…
unresolved / Record verified
Carfil industrial platform, Brașov, adjacent to CARFIL SA
On 14 September 2026, a fire occurred on the Carfil industrial platform in Brașov, immediately adjacent to CARFIL SA, a ROMARM subsidiary. On 26 October, SRI attributed the arson to a sabotage network coordinated from Russia. This is state attribution, not a final court…
officially attributed / Record verified
Vasilcău, Băxani and Cuconeștii Noi (Moldova); Botoșanița Mare, Suceava County (Romania)
The Romanian Ministry of Defence reported that a drone had crashed in a maize field near Botoșanița Mare in Suceava County. The aircraft had earlier violated Moldovan airspace - it was detected between Vasilcău and Băxani and then near Cuconeștii Noi - before flying into…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Câșla Vădanei beach, between Sulina and Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea County
On 11 September 2026 at about 13:30 an MApN EOD team assessed two drone fragments washed up on Câșla Vădanei beach, between Sulina and Sfântu Gheorghe, and established that they carried no explosive charge. It was one of four finds the ministry described that day in a single…
not assessed / Record verified
Periteașca beach, Tulcea County
On 11 September 2026 at about 09:30 the Border Police found two drone fragments on Periteașca beach. One contained an explosive charge and was safely neutralised at about 15:18 by an SRI pyrotechnic team; the Coast Guard took the other away. Nobody was hurt. MApN, which…
not assessed / Record verified
Black Sea, about 46 nautical miles east of Midia, in Romania's exclusive economic zone
On 11 September 2026 at about 16:00 a merchant vessel reported two drone fragments floating in the Black Sea about 46 nautical miles east of Midia, outside territorial waters in Romania's exclusive economic zone. A Coast Guard patrol vessel recovered both; they posed no…
not assessed / Record verified
Edighiol-Periboina area, Chituc spit, Constanța County
On 11 September 2026 the Coast Guard reported a suspicious object in the Edighiol-Periboina area on the Chituc spit. At about 17:55 an MApN EOD team spotted from a helicopter the remains of four drones, among them an interceptor drone with explosive material on board; all the…
not assessed / Record verified
Corbu beach, Capu Midia area, Constanța County
On Wednesday 9 September 2026 at about 20:00 drone debris was reported on Corbu beach in the Capu Midia area; because of darkness the site was cordoned off and the intervention postponed until morning. On Thursday 10 September at about 09:30 a Navy EOD team checked the…
not assessed / Record verified
Transnistria, Chișinău and Nisporeni (Moldova); Târgu Neamț, Iași and the counties of Botoșani, Iași, Neamț, Suceava and Vaslui (Romania); crash near Mihăilenii Vechi, Rîșcani District
A Russian jet-powered drone identified as a Geran-4 entered Transnistrian airspace after 16:00 and turned towards Chișinău exactly as an aircraft carrying President Volodymyr Zelensky was taking off from the city's airport for Norway - Moldovan authorities confirmed that the…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Field at Viișoara, Vaslui County, 30 km from the border with Moldova
A damaged drone was found by a resident in a field outside the built-up area of Viișoara commune in Vaslui County, 30 km from the border with Moldova. The authorities established that the drone contained explosives, sealed off the area, and counter-terrorism specialists…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Black Sea, about 15-20 nautical miles south-east of Sfântu Gheorghe, outside territorial waters, in Romania's exclusive economic zone
On 27 August 2026 at about 17:55 MRCC Constanța received a distress signal from the Dominican-flagged Progress IV, carrying sugar and clay to Turkey, about 15-20 nautical miles south-east of Sfântu Gheorghe, outside territorial waters in Romania's exclusive economic zone. A…
not assessed / Record verified
Olimp beach in front of the Steaua de Mare resort, Constanța County
On the morning of 26 August 2026 tourists spotted a drone fragment in the waves off Olimp beach, in front of the Steaua de Mare resort, and alerted the authorities. Police cordoned off an area of about 500 m and closed the beach; IGSU sent an RO-Alert asking people to keep…
not assessed / Record verified
waterfront by the Constanța Casino, among the breakwater blocks
On the evening of 25 August 2026, at about 22:00, passers-by on the crowded waterfront by the Constanța Casino noticed among the breakwater blocks a white, flat fragment washed up by the waves and taken to be part of a drone. Police and firefighters cordoned off the spot,…
not assessed / Record verified
Ciușlea, Vrancea County (possibly via Moldovan airspace, heading towards Târgu Bujor)
The Moldovan army detected a drone entering from the direction of Vynohradivka; the object headed towards Vulcănești, airspace over southern Moldova was closed for 15 minutes, and at 06:09 the drone flew on towards Vlădești in Galați County. At about 06:00 Romanian systems…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Black Sea off Gura Portiței, Tulcea County
A floating fragment of a Gerbera drone containing explosives was neutralised in the Black Sea off Gura Portiței in Tulcea County by Romanian Navy divers, who were brought to the site by a Coast Guard vessel.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Field near Grindu, Tulcea County, about 13 km from Galați
At 02:23 Moldovan surveillance systems detected a group of drones close to the Ukrainian-Romanian border; two Spanish F/A-18s and a Romanian IAR-330 were scrambled, and at 03:20 the public was alerted. A minute later a drone violated Romanian airspace about 13 km east of…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Black Sea, Romania's exclusive economic zone, near the Neptun Alpha platform (Neptun Deep project), about 80 nautical miles east of Constanța
On 20 August 2026 at about 06:28 a merchant vessel reported a small drifting sea drone in Romania's exclusive economic zone, near the Neptun Alpha platform of the Neptun Deep gas project, about 80 nautical miles east of Constanța. Two F-16s were scrambled; one fired its cannon…
not assessed / Record verified
Between Galați and the border region, having transited Moldovan airspace
A Russian Geran-2 drone violated Moldovan airspace from the Ukrainian side: at 04:31 it was recorded over the village of Etulia in Gagauzia, at 04:44 Romanian systems detected a violation about 24 km north of Galați, and at 04:49 the drone left Moldova. Two Spanish F-18s from…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Field near Luncavița, Tulcea County
A Russian drone entered Romanian airspace shortly after 11:00 and crashed in a field near the village of Luncavița, close to Brăila and Galați; the crash and explosion started a vegetation fire that was quickly put out. The drone was not picked up by radar because it was flying…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Romanian airspace near the Ukrainian border
Three Russian drones violated Romanian airspace within twelve hours, with no collisions recorded: the first was reported at 01:27 (10 minutes of flight over Romania), the second at 09:02 (2 minutes) and the third at 15:17 (12 minutes). Romanian F-16s were scrambled for the…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Field near the Kardam border crossing, Dobrich Province (entered from Romania)
Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced that a drone entered Bulgarian airspace from Romania and exploded in a field near the Kardam border crossing, 100 m from the border, 200 m from a compressor station in Romania and 1,000 m from a second compressor on the Trans-Balkan…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Romanian territorial waters and the Sulina branch of the Danube
Romania's defence ministry said two F-16s were scrambled after a Russian drone was detected over territorial waters during an attack on southern Ukraine. The drone flew along a branch of the Danube for about 20 minutes and then returned to Ukraine, where it was shot down; its…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Romanian airspace near the Ukrainian border
Another Russian drone briefly entered Romanian airspace on 27 July and quickly returned to Ukraine before it could be intercepted.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Romanian territorial waters, Black Sea
A Romanian F-16 shot down a third drone: the target was destroyed at 10:13 over Romanian territorial waters, 12 km northeast of Sulina, five minutes after it entered the airspace. After a third violation in three days the foreign minister Oana Țoiu summoned the Russian…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea County
At 06:21 radar northwest of Snake Island identified a group of drones during an attack on Ukrainian infrastructure, and two Romanian F-16s were scrambled in response. At 08:22 one of the drones entered Romanian airspace, and 11 minutes later the same pilot who had shot down a…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Near Padina, southeastern Romania
At 09:39 Romanian radar detected an air target 20 km from Sulina; two Italian Eurofighters, two Romanian F-16s and an IAR 330 SOCAT were scrambled. The drone, identified visually as a Shahed, flew over Romania for about one hour and twenty minutes; the Eurofighter's first…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Port of Constanța and the waters to its east
On 5 June 2026 at 10:27, a Ukrainian maritime drone exploded at berth 78 in Constanța port. Three further explosions at sea were confirmed at 11:05; that is the confirmation time, not an established time for all detonations. According to a presidential administration response…
suspected / Record verified
Galați
During a Russian attack on Ukrainian ports, radar detected several drones near the border; two F-16s and an IAR 330 SOCAT helicopter were scrambled. One Russian Shahed drone entered Romanian airspace and struck a residential building in Galați: at least two people were injured,…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Băsești, Maramureș County
A drone carrying no explosives was found in the area of Băsești, Maramureș County.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Near Șerbăuți, Suceava County, about 20 km from the Ukrainian border
An unmarked drone carrying no explosives came down about 20 km inside Romanian territory, near the village of Șerbăuți in Suceava County; a local resident found it and alerted the authorities. It was the third violation of Romanian airspace across the northern stretch of the…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Chilia Veche area, northern Tulcea County
During the night of 1 to 2 May 2026 MApN radars detected a group of twenty drones, which the ministry said belonged to the Russian Federation, heading for the Izmail area. At about 02:00 two F-16s on combat air-policing duty were scrambled from the 86th Air Base at Fetești.…
not assessed / Record verified
Bariera Traian quarter, Galați; second drone near Văcăreni, Tulcea County
A Russian drone entered Romanian airspace and damaged a house and a power pole in the Bariera Traian quarter of Galați, the first occasion on which a Russian drone caused property damage in Romania. A second drone carrying explosives was identified near Văcăreni and destroyed…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Chilia Veche, Tulcea County
During a wave of Russian drone attacks on Ukraine on the night of 16-17 April, Romanian military radar detected an airspace violation over the border village of Chilia Veche.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Near Parcheș, Tulcea County
A Russian drone entered Romanian airspace at 00:44 and crashed four kilometres into Romanian territory near the village of Parcheș. It detonated on impact but caused no casualties or damage.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Pardina, Tulcea County
A resident captured video of a Russian drone flying low over the village of Pardina, prompting Romanian F-16s and German Eurofighters to be scrambled.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Danube Delta border area; Chilia Veche
During Russian strikes on Ukrainian Danube ports, Romanian F-16s were scrambled when a drone briefly traversed Romanian airspace on 26 February. The following day a Ukrainian missile downed another Russian drone roughly 100 metres from the Romanian village of Chilia Veche.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Sfântu Gheorghe to Sulina, Tulcea County
A Russian drone entered Romanian airspace shortly before 18:00 over Sfântu Gheorghe, tens of kilometres from the border, and left about 20 minutes later over Sulina, continuing over the Romanian Exclusive Economic Zone. Tulcea County residents received RO-Alert warnings about…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Black Sea, about 36 nautical miles east of Constanța, in Romania's exclusive economic zone
On 3 December 2025, at the Coast Guard's request, EOD divers of the Romanian Navy's 39th Divers Centre, brought to the site by the vessel MAI 1107, identified a drifting object about 36 nautical miles east of Constanța, beyond territorial waters in Romania's exclusive economic…
not assessed / Record verified
Chilia Veche and Galați County, over Tecuci, crashing at Puiești, Vaslui County
Two drones were detected over Romania. The first entered near Chilia Veche around 06:30, was tracked by German Eurofighters and re-entered Ukrainian airspace. Minutes later another drone was detected over Galați County heading west; two Romanian F-16s were scrambled without…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Periprava and Chilia Veche (Romania); Gagauzia and Colibași (Moldova); re-entry near Oancea
A Russian drone entered Romanian airspace around 00:20 near Vylkove, penetrated about 8 kilometres into Romanian territory near Periprava and Chilia Veche, then crossed into Ukraine. Minutes later it entered Moldovan airspace over Gagauzia, flew over Colibași, and re-entered…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Plauru and a neighbouring village; the port of Izmail on the Ukrainian side
A Russian drone struck the Turkish LPG tanker Orinda anchored in the Danube port of Izmail, setting the ship on fire. Although no violation of Romanian airspace was recorded, two Romanian villages on the southern bank of the river, including Plauru, were evacuated because of…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Romanian territory opposite the Izmail area, Tulcea County
A Russian drone entered and crashed on Romanian territory just after midnight during an attack on Ukraine in the Izmail area. Weather conditions prevented NATO and Romanian fighter jets from being deployed. Drone fragments were identified in an inhabited area.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Nova Post courier office, Sector 3, Bucharest (ground floor of a seven-storey residential block in the city centre)
On 15 October 2025 two Ukrainian citizens, who had entered Romania from Poland the day before, lodged at the office of the Ukrainian courier company Nova Post in Sector 3 of Bucharest two parcels containing home-made incendiary devices based on thermite and barium nitrate, with…
officially attributed / Record verified
near the Șontea Nouă canal, Danube delta, Tulcea county
After a call to the 112 emergency number, fragments of an unmanned aircraft were found near the Șontea Nouă canal. The defence ministry confirmed the find and described the debris as most likely of Russian origin, noting that specialists had yet to examine it. The day of the…
unresolved / Record verified
From Chilia Veche to Pardina, Tulcea County
A Russian drone was detected in Romanian airspace; two F-16s were scrambled at 18:05 and intercepted it, tracking it for about 50 minutes from Chilia Veche to Pardina where it crossed into Ukraine. Permission to shoot it down was granted but the pilots decided against opening…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Sighetu Marmației and Vicovu de Sus, northern Romania
Four Ukrainian aircraft unintentionally entered Romanian airspace during a Russian attack on northern Ukraine; Romanian radar detected twelve Ukrainian contacts near the border. Two Romanian F-16s and two Italian Typhoons were scrambled. The Ukrainian aircraft briefly crossed…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
500 m from the border with Moldova
A Shahed drone crashed on Romanian territory. Its wreckage was found 500 metres from the border with Moldova.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
two impact sites near the Ukrainian border: about 5 km west of Reni, less than a kilometre from the left bank of the Danube, and 500 m from the Danube bank, about 5 km south of Reni
On Thursday 13 February 2025, after an overnight Russian attack on Ukrainian port infrastructure on the Danube, a team of specialists from MApN, SRI and the interior ministry examined two impact sites on Romanian territory: about 5 km west of Reni, less than a kilometre from…
unresolved / Record verified
Near Plauru, Tulcea County
Several Russian drones entered Romanian airspace. A possible drone impact zone was identified near Plauru.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Moldovan and Romanian territory; impact in Chernivtsi Oblast (Ukraine)
A Kh-101 cruise missile flew over Ukraine, across Moldovan and Romanian territory, and then fell on a field in Chernivtsi Oblast. The Romanian authorities did not confirm the incident.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Constanța and Tulcea counties
Two Shahed drones violated Romanian airspace over Constanța and Tulcea counties.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
45 km east of Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea; radar contact lost south of Cogealac
A small aerial target was detected 45 km east of Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea. Spanish and Romanian fighters were sent for visual identification but detected nothing; radar contact was lost south of Cogealac and no impact zone was found.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Eforie Nord towards Topraisar, radar contact lost near Amzacea, Constanța County
A small aerial target detected about 150 km east of the Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base flew roughly 14 km inside Romanian airspace from Eforie Nord towards Topraisar. Spanish and Romanian jets were sent up but made no visual contact, and radar contact was lost near Amzacea with…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Litcov canal, about 1 km from its junction with the Sfântu Gheorghe arm, Danube delta, Tulcea County
On the morning of 4 October 2024 the Border Police informed the defence ministry of drone fragments found in the Litcov canal area of the Danube delta, about a kilometre from its junction with the Sfântu Gheorghe arm. A team of specialists from MApN, SRI and the interior…
unresolved / Record verified
Romanian airspace in the border region with Ukraine
A Russian drone briefly violated Romanian airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine. Four aircraft were brought up to monitor the situation.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Outskirts of Periprava, Tulcea County
A Russian drone came down near Periprava in the Danube Delta; wreckage was searched for in the deserted area.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Periprava, Tulcea County
A Russian Shahed drone crashed in the village of Periprava in Tulcea County, where its wreckage was found.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Tulcea County (Danube Delta border area)
During Russian night attacks on Ukraine on 24 and 25 July, multiple drones were observed approaching the Romanian border. Romanian F-16s were sent to monitor the situation over Tulcea County. Three Geran-2 drones entered Romanian territory on 25 July and subsequently crashed,…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Near Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Constanța County
Three unidentified small commercial-type drones were detected near the Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base on 17 April and brought down using electronic warfare; no wreckage was found. Another similar drone was detected on 18 April. The military prosecutor's office opened an…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Romanian territory near the Ukrainian border (Tulcea County)
A Russian drone violated Romanian airspace and crashed on Romanian territory, prompting German and Romanian fighter jets to be scrambled.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Romanian airspace near the Danube Delta border with Ukraine
A Russian drone was detected in Romanian airspace during an overnight Russian drone attack against Ukraine.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Between Nufăru and Victoria, Tulcea County
A Romanian Air Force helicopter crew identified drone fragments between the villages of Nufăru and Victoria following a Russian attack on Izmail. According to locals, the drone fell about one kilometre from a nearby military unit.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Near Plauru, Tulcea County (opposite Izmail)
A Russian drone fell on Romanian territory during attacks on Ukraine's Izmail port. Romania initially denied any violation, but drone fragments were identified near Plauru on 5 September, with additional fragments found on 9 September.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Romanian airspace near the border with Ukraine
Shahed drones were confirmed to have flown through Romanian airspace for the first time, probably in order to bypass Ukrainian air defences. Romanian officials said there was no military threat to the country but condemned the Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Danube border areas, Tulcea County
From late July 2023, during Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports on the Danube, residents in Romania reported Shahed drones flying over Romanian territory.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Moldovan airspace (northern Moldova, missile en route to Ukraine)
A Russian missile violated Moldovan airspace during a mass strike on Ukraine. Moldova summoned the Russian ambassador in protest.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Bistrița-Năsăud County
A Russian Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone crashed in Bistrița-Năsăud County, about 100 km from the border with Ukraine; a navigation failure was the most likely cause. It was initially taken for a private commercial drone, but was soon identified as a Russian army machine.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Zagreb (after transiting Romanian and Hungarian airspace)
A Tu-141 drone flew through Romanian and Hungarian airspace before crashing in Zagreb. Both Ukraine and Russia denied ownership. The Croatian Defence Minister said the governments knew who had launched it but the information was classified.
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)
Bacău (95th Air Base)
A Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 suffered technical problems resulting in loss of communication and accidentally entered Romanian airspace on the first day of the full-scale invasion. Romanian F-16s intercepted it and escorted it to the 95th Air Base at Bacău. The aircraft was…
not assessed / record not yet verified editorially (not the same as false)