New twist in the Ukrainian issue. Drone fragments have again been found on the Romanian side near the border with Ukraine after a new Russian bombing campaign, according to the Romanian government.
“Fragments appearing to come from an aerial vehicle (drone) were identified” Thursday March 28 in the evening “on the agricultural land” of a Danube island, the Romanian Ministry of Defense said in a press release on Friday. The casualty incident remains under investigation, the ministry added. According to local media, it occurred around twenty kilometers from the border (east).
A “new violation” for Romania
Russian drones and missiles targeted power plants in east-central Ukraine overnight from Thursday to Friday, the Ukrainian Energy Minister announced on Friday. NATO member Poland said on Sunday that a Russian cruise missile fired towards towns in western Ukraine had penetrated Polish airspace for 39 seconds.
In Romania, another NATO member country, drone fragments have already been discovered in 2023 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the intensive bombing of its port infrastructure on the Danube. Although the Romanian authorities have clarified that they do not believe that their country is intentionally targeted, Bucharest summoned the Russian ambassador in December to complain about a “new violation” of its airspace.
A 1.5 meter deep crater was discovered in an uninhabited area of Tulcea County, which faces the Ukrainian port of Reni, on the other side of the Danube. The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs then condemned the “repeated attacks” by Moscow.