Romanian defence ministry says radars caught Russian drone breaching air space

Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM

BUCHAREST, April 17 (Reuters) – Romanian radar systems caught a drone breaching its national airspace during a Russian overnight attack on neighbouring Ukraine before losing contact southeast of the border village of Chilia Veche, the defence ministry said on Friday.

Romania, an EU and NATO state, shares a 650-km (400-mile) land border with Ukraine and has had drones breach its airspace and fragments fall onto its territory repeatedly since Russia began attacking Ukrainian ports across the Danube river from the country.

(Reporting by Luiza Ilie; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)


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