On September 9, Romania’s Defense Ministry confirmed that they had discovered fragments of a Russian drone near the village of Periprava, which is located across the Danube River from the Ukrainian border. The ministry also stated that they were investigating another possible impact site near the village of Caraorman, about 38 km south of the first site. This confirmation came after the ministry had previously announced that a Russian drone attack on Ukraine on September 8 had violated Romanian airspace.
The Defense Ministry strongly condemned these attacks by the Russian Federation, stating that they were unjustified and a serious violation of international law. Residents in the Romanian counties of Tulcea and Constanta were alerted around 2:30 a.m. local time and advised to take shelter due to the possibility of falling objects. In response, two F-16 fighter jets were dispatched from Romania’s 86th Borca Air Base to monitor the airspace. The Russian drone had entered Romanian airspace but later left, heading back towards Ukraine.
This is not the first time that wreckage of Russian drones has been found on Romanian territory, as Romania is a member of NATO. Russia has previously targeted Ukrainian port infrastructure on the Danube River, which separates Ukraine and Romania. On August 21, drone fragments were discovered in the village of Periprava near the Romania-Ukraine border. This news comes after Latvia’s Defense Ministry confirmed that a Russian Shahed-type drone equipped with explosives had crashed in Latvia on September 7. This marks the first case of a Russian drone crashing on Latvian soil.
In response to this incident, Latvia summoned the Russian Embassy‘s charge d’affaires to express their protest at the violation of their airspace.
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