Russian drone damaged by Ukrainian air defence crashes in Romania

Romania's Defence Ministry has reported that a Russian drone said to have been damaged by Ukrainian air defence crashed on Romanian territory on the night of 25-26 March.

Source: European Pravda, citing a statement from the Romanian Defence Ministry

Details: The Romanian Defence Ministry said Russian forces had used drones to strike civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine near a river along the Romanian border.

Two F-16 aircraft were scrambled to monitor the airspace situation.

"At 00:44, a drone damaged by Ukrainian air defence entered national airspace to a distance of approximately 4 km. The drone crashed 2 km from the town of Parcheș, outside the populated area," the Romanian Ministry of Defence said.

A fire engine from the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU) and teams from the Ministry of National Defence were dispatched to the scene, where they found an area of burnt vegetation and drone debris.

No damage or casualties have been reported.

Background:

• On 25 March, an unidentified drone entered Latvian territory and crashed there; it was reported to have come from Russia.
• Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs later confirmed that the drone had been identified as Ukrainian.
• That same night, it was also reported that Ukrainian drones had entered Estonian territory.
• According to the Estonian side, this group of UAVs was heading to attack the Russian port of Ust-Luga, located less than 30 km from Estonia, with the shortest route from Ukraine running along the eastern borders of Latvia and Estonia.

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