A Russian drone hit a high-rise building in the Romanian city of Galati, near the border with Ukraine.
May 29, 2026, 07:09May 29, 2026, 07:09
The impact caused a fire on the tenth floor of the apartment block, and two slightly injured people were treated on site, as the Interior Ministry of the EU and NATO state announced.
Russian drones. (symbol image)Image: keystone
The Defense Ministry in Bucharest said that Russia had again attacked civilian targets and infrastructure with drones near the border in Ukraine during the night. One of them entered Romanian airspace and crashed over the high-rise building in Galati. Two F-16 air defense fighter jets took off from the Fetesti military base at 1:19 a.m., supported by a Romanian Air Force helicopter. The situation is dynamic, it was said.
The Interior Ministry said on Facebook that no further drones had initially been spotted. A team of investigators specializing in explosions made their way to the scene that night. Galati is located on the Danube, the borders with the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine are only a few kilometers away.
Russian drone debris found several times in the border area
Russia repeatedly attacks neighboring Ukraine with numerous drones. There were also individual cases in which drones violated the airspace of NATO states. The Ukrainian Danube port of Reni near Galati is also a frequent target of Russian attacks.
In Romania, Russian drone debris has already been recovered several times in the border area. Just a month ago, a Russian drone crashed over Galati and, according to authorities, hit the outbuilding of a residential building. Nobody was injured at that time.
As a NATO partner, Great Britain is supporting Romania’s air defense with Typhoon fighter jets because of the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine has been defending itself against Russia’s war of aggression for more than four years. Moscow attacks its neighboring country almost every day with drones and missiles. (sda/dpa)