Jerusalem Post/World NewsThe port was evacuated, residents along Romania's Black Sea coast were warned to take cover, and two helicopters were surveying the area for any further drones, the deputy interior minister said.Follow us on GoogleRomanian soldiers practise an approach with a Bulgarian ship during the Sea Shield 25 multinational military exercise on board the frigate "Regina Maria" on April 8, 2025 in the Black Sea.(photo credit: Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images)ByREUTERSJUNE 5, 2026 12:47A marine drone of the type used in the war in neighboring Ukraine self-detonated on Friday in Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta near an oil terminal, without causing any casualties, Romania's defense ministry said.The port was being evacuated, residents along Romania's Black Sea coast were warned to take cover, and two helicopters were surveying the area for any further drones, Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat said."We now know there is the risk of self-detonation, we have... evacuated in case there are more drones," Arafat said."We are not panicking; the measures are purely preventative."The explosion comes a week after a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in the southeastern Romanian city of Galati, near the border with Ukraine, injuring two people - the first time in the Russia-Ukraine war that a drone struck a densely populated area in a NATO state.Romanian navy forces during an military drill on the Black Sea off the port of Constanta, Romania, on April 8, 2025. (credit: DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/JTA)Romania is a NATO member; reports 28 incursions by Russians during Ukraine warRomania, a NATO and European Union member, shares a 650-km (400-mile) border with Ukraine and has reported 28 incursions into its airspace by Russian drones since Moscow began attacking Ukrainian ports on the Danube, the defense ministry has said.Ukrainian drone fragments have also landed on Romanian territory.Follow us on Google