Background on the area: Romania.
All 13 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 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. - 🇷🇴 · 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 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. - 🇷🇴 · 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. - 🇷🇴 · 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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