Background on the area: Romania.
By region
- Tulcea County - 13 incidents
- Romania's Black Sea waters - 3 incidents
- Galați County - 3 incidents
All 25 incidents, newest first
- 🇷🇴 · Oct 17, 2026 · Black Sea off Sulina
Two Geran drones shot down off Sulina, Romania, 17 Oct 2026
The ministry's final release says the second drone spent five minutes in Romanian airspace, but its own timestamps, entry at 18:01 and shoot-down at 18:05, give four. - 🇷🇴 · Oct 14, 2026 · Black Sea off Sulina
Four airspace entries off Sulina, Romania, 14-15 Oct 2026
The ministry's releases put the RO-Alert one minute after the 17:38 entry and two minutes before the 20:04 entry, but list none for the 01:34 drone until 04:57, 3 hours 23 minutes later. - 🇷🇴 · Oct 5, 2026 · Black Sea
Royad Mammadov sinking, Oct 5, 2026 - Romania's Black Sea zone
Romania's Interior Ministry counts two dead on the Royad Mammadov, while Azerbaijan's foreign ministry says its captain died and a second sailor is missing; AirVeto measures the site 169 km from where the Alfa Watan sank off Bulgaria early the next day. - 🇷🇴 · Oct 2, 2026 · Plauru
Possible drone falls at Plauru, Tulcea, 2 Oct 2026
MApN has placed a drone, then a possible drone, at Plauru 49 days apart; the 2 October fall brought no logged radar entry and, per the mayor, no RO-Alert, while a separate alert on 5 October fired for a target MApN says never entered. - 🇷🇴 · Sep 24, 2026 · Solca
Solca drone crash, Suceava County, 24 Sep 2026
The 17th Romania drone incident AirVeto has reconstructed in 2026, arriving during the same overnight strike wave AirVeto separately traced into Moldova's Florești District. - 🇷🇴 · Sep 1, 2026 · Viișoara commune
Viișoara drone, 1 Sep 2026 - SRI detonates explosive cargo
A drone carrying explosives crashed near Viișoara, Vaslui County, roughly 30 km from Moldova on 1 Sep 2026; Romania's SRI detonated it safely, no injuries. - 🇷🇴 · Aug 20, 2026 · Neptun Deep gas platform
Neptun Deep naval drone, 20 Aug 2026 - Romania scrambles F-16s
An explosive-laden naval drone was spotted near Romania's Neptun Deep gas platform in the Black Sea on August 20, 2026. Romanian F-16s destroyed it; von der Leyen called it hybrid warfare. - 🇷🇴 · Aug 16, 2026 · Between Băleni and Cudalbi
Cudalbi drone, 16 Aug 2026 - Spanish F-18s down it in 17 min
Two Spanish F-18s shot down a drone that crossed into Romania from Moldova on August 16, 2026, intercepting it near Băleni and Cudalbi, Galați County, 17 minutes after it was detected. - 🇷🇴 · Aug 2, 2026 · Near Periprava
Periprava drone, 2 Aug 2026 - Romania does not engage
A drone crossed into Romanian airspace near the Danube Delta on August 2, 2026; Romania issued a RO-Alert but did not engage, unlike three prior intercepts that week. - 🇷🇴 · Jul 27, 2026 · East of Sulina
Romania's Danube Delta: four airspace incursions, July 2026
Romanian F-16s shot down three drones over the Danube Delta on July 24–26, 2026. A fourth entered east of Sulina on 27 July and flew to Ukraine without intercept. - 🇷🇴 · Jul 26, 2026 · 12 km northeast of Sulina
Romanian F-16 downs drone over Black Sea near Sulina
A Romanian F-16 shot down a drone 12 km northeast of Sulina over Romanian Black Sea waters at 10:13 EEST on July 26, 2026 - the third intercept in three days. - 🇷🇴 · Jul 25, 2026 · Approximately 10 km west of Sfântu Gheorghe
Romanian F-16 downs drone near Sfântu Gheorghe, July 25, 2026
Romanian F-16 shot down a Shahed-type drone 10 km west of Sfântu Gheorghe in the Danube Delta at 05:30 UTC on July 25, 2026 - Romania's second drone intercept in less than 24 hours. - 🇷🇴 · Jul 24, 2026 · Padina village
Romanian F-16 downs drone near Buzău, first over Romania
Romania's first drone intercept in its own airspace: F-16 from the 86th Air Base shot down an unidentified drone near Padina, Buzău county at 11:02 EEST on July 24, 2026. - 🇷🇴 · Jul 11, 2026 · Romanian Black Sea exclusive economic zone
Romania - five naval drones destroyed in Black Sea, July 2026
Romanian forces detected and destroyed five Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea between May and July 2026, acting Defence Minister Radu Miruță disclosed on July 11, 2026. - 🇷🇴 · Jul 7, 2026 · Northern Tulcea County
Tulcea drone alert, July 7, 2026 - Eurofighters scrambled
Romania issued a RO-Alert for northern Tulcea County on July 7, 2026 after radar detected a drone group near Snake Island; NATO Eurofighters scrambled and the alert was lifted after 73 minutes. - 🇷🇴 · Jun 5, 2026 · Berth 78
Sea drone explodes at Constanta port, June 5, 2026
Romania's defence ministry says its maritime coordination centre reported the floating object at 06:20, Ukraine's navy warned Romania at 09:54, and the drone exploded at 10:27: an unidentified object sat at the berth for 3 hours 34 minutes before Kyiv's warning arrived. - 🇷🇴 · May 28, 2026 · Bulevardul Brăilei
Russian Geran-2 strikes apartment block in Galați, Romania
A Russian Geran-2 drone hit a Galați apartment block on May 29, 2026, injuring two residents - the first Russian drone to injure civilians on NATO territory. - 🇷🇴 · Apr 25, 2026 · Bariera Traian
Ukrainian drone crashes in residential Galați, Romania
A Russian Geran-2 drone crashed in the Bariera Traian district of northern Galați on April 25, 2026, damaging a farm outbuilding and an electricity pole. No one was hurt. - 🇷🇴 · Mar 25, 2026 · Parcheș
Ukrainian drone found crashed near Parcheș, Tulcea, Romania
A Russian Geran/Shahed strike drone crashed near Parcheș, Tulcea County, Romania at 00:44 local on March 26, 2026, after crossing 4 km into Romanian territory. No casualties or damage were recorded. - 🇷🇴 · Feb 25, 2026 · Sfântu Gheorghe
Drone enters Romanian airspace near Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea
A Russian Shahed/Geran-type strike drone entered Romanian airspace near Sfântu Gheorghe, Danube Delta, on February 25, 2026, and exited over the Black Sea near Sulina without dropping debris on land. - 🇷🇴 · Jan 18, 2026 · Tănăsoaia
Drone lands near Tănăsoaia - first in Vrancea County, Romania
Drone fragments were found in Tănăsoaia, Vrancea County on January 18, 2026 - the first confirmed drone find in Vrancea, adding a new county to Romania's airspace-violation record. - 🇷🇴 · Nov 25, 2025 · Puiești
Gerbera decoy found 100 km inland near Puiești, Romania
A Gerbera-type Russian drone crashed 100+ km inland near Puiești, Vaslui County on November 25, 2025, found by a resident behind their house; no warhead, first confirmed daylight breach in Romania. - 🇷🇴 · Nov 19, 2025 · Tulcea-Galați border zone
Romania scrambles four jets over Tulcea-Galați, drone vanishes
A drone penetrated 8 km into Romanian NATO airspace near Tulcea-Galați on November 19, 2025; two Romanian F-16s and two German Eurofighters were scrambled. Origin uncertain, no wreckage recovered. - 🇷🇴 · Nov 9, 2025 · Grindu
Drone crash near Grindu grounds Romanian jets, triggers RO-Alert
A drone crashed near Grindu, Tulcea County on November 10, 2025; weather grounded Romanian F-16s and the jets were not scrambled. RO-Alert issued at 00:07, debris confirmed at the site. - 🇷🇴 · Sep 13, 2025 · Chilia Veche
Drone loiters over Chilia Veche, Romania for 50 minutes
A Russian drone entered Romanian NATO airspace near Chilia Veche on September 13, 2025 and loitered for 50 minutes before returning to Ukraine; four NATO jets scrambled but did not intercept it.
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