Romania has recorded dozens of drone incursions since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but this was the first to hit a residential building
A Russian drone struck an apartment building in NATO-member Romania, its defence ministry said on Friday, wounding two people in a city near the Ukrainian border.
NATO-member nations that border the warring sides are facing increasing risks as overnight air barrages intensify, with Latvia’s government collapsing in recent weeks due to scrutiny of its defence capacities following a stray Ukrainian drone incursion.
“During the night of May 28-29, the Russian Federation resumed drone attacks on civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, near the river border with Romania,” the Romanian defence ministry said.
“One of these drones entered Romanian airspace, was tracked by radar as far as the southern part of the city of Galati, and crashed onto the roof of an apartment building, with the impact triggering a fire,” it said.
