Romanian officials investigating location of explosion from wayward drone
Ukrainian media outlets on Wednesday reported a Russian kamikaze drone entered NATO airspace and exploded in a Romanian village.
“Three Russian Shahed Drones Strike Romania,” a Kyiv Post headline alarmingly stated.
The accusation was widely echoed on social media, along with footage of the massive explosion.
A Russian drone struck Romania, a NATO country.
A Shahed drone from Russia struck the town of Plauru, Romania, approximately 45 minutes ago.
It likely missed its intended target in Ismail, Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/KMLZLErhzk
— War Intel (@warintel4u) July 24, 2024
However, just hours after writing, “Russian drones struck targets in Romania early Wednesday morning,” the Kyiv Post admitted Romanian officials didn’t confirm the drone landed in their territory.
It seems as if the drones used in the Russian attack all landed the Ukrainian city of Izmail, which borders Romania.
Even if the drone did land in Romania, the Post acknowledged, “Kremlin strike planners probably didn’t intend to hit a NATO member.”
The outlet’s sources were individuals within Ukraine’s Security and Defense Sector.
According to Newsweek, “Romanian teams are searching for ‘possible objects’ on Romania’s side of the border around the village of Plauru, Bucharest said. Plauru is across the border from the Ukrainian port town of Izmail, separated by the Danube River.”
Even pro-Ukraine X account Daractenus admitted, “It doesn’t look like any debris from a drone hit Romanian territory.”
Last night, Russia again decided to hit a Ukrainian port (and in good Russian fashion hit a residential building as well) located just 400 meters away from Romania, a NATO country.
Tens of thousands of Romanians, EU and NATO citizens from 17 towns and villages, woke up at 2AM… pic.twitter.com/DNaK75kOrh
— Daractenus (@Daractenus) July 24, 2024
Romanian fighter jets were scrambled in response to the Russian drone attack directly across their border with Ukraine.
The accusations out of Ukraine are dangerous as Russia striking a NATO country could quickly escalate the conflict into WWIII.
