Overview
- Romania’s defense ministry said radars detected groups of drones near national airspace shortly after midnight, prompting the activation of air defenses.
- Residents in the Tulcea region received alerts after midnight, and authorities reported an impact at about 1:09 a.m. roughly 5 kilometers from the border.
- Military teams secured the Grindu area and recovered possible drone fragments approximately 3 miles inside Romanian territory.
- Poor weather prevented fighter jets assigned to air policing from taking off, according to the ministry.
- Officials note repeated cross-border incidents, with prior debris samples resembling Russian army munitions, as Romania and Poland begin deploying new counter-drone systems.