Romania is a country in Southeast Europe, bordering the Black Sea and sharing a border with Ukraine. Known as a NATO member on the alliance's eastern flank, hosting NATO air policing missions and serving as a key transit corridor between Europe and Ukraine. Recently, Romania has faced repeated drone incursions into its airspace and territorial waters, intercepting multiple drones while acquiring additional air-defense capabilities. Last updated 2 days ago
Two ships have sunk and at least four have come under attack off the coasts of Romania and Bulgaria over the past two days. Both countries are NATO members. The incidents left at least two people dead and 19 injured.
Eight crew members of the San Marino flagged tanker WINE TRADER are missing after a fire broke out on the vessel's bridge in Romanian waters. Four of the 12 crew are safe. Search operations are underway.
A firm that supplied services to NATO military vessels is suspected of bribery and fraud totaling roughly one million euros. Norway saw arrests, while searches were carried out in Romania and Germany. The case was announced by Eurojust, the EU agency for criminal justice cooperation.
A Turkish grain ship was attacked by a drone in the Black Sea off the Romanian coast, Romanian media reported. The vessel's captain was wounded and at least 13 crew members are listed as missing.
Yonatan Karlinsky, a 49-year-old Breslov chassid from Beitar Illit who holds Israeli and Ukrainian citizenship, was detained at the Romania-Ukraine border about a week and a half ago after traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashanah. He is being held at a detention camp near Odessa and will be assigned as a doctor to a military unit near Kharkiv, away from the front line, according to the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities say he is obligated to serve.
A Russian drone hit the Turkish-owned cargo ship M/V Mariam M in the Danube Delta canal near Ukraine's border with Romania. The vessel was sailing from Latakia, Syria to Galati, Romania. Casualty figures differ: Ukrainian sources report the captain killed and three crew injured, while Turkish sources report the captain and harbor pilot killed with 13 injured.
The Tudora-Starokozache border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova in Odesa Oblast suspended operations after an overnight Russian OWA-UAV strike. It's part of a wider campaign against crossings linking Ukraine to Romania and Moldova.
NOW: Romania has issued an "extreme" alert over the risk of objects falling from the airspace, urging residents in affected areas to seek immediate shelter.
A Russian jet-powered drone is flying over Moldova towards the Romanian border.
Romanian prosecutors officially indict Andrew Tate on charges including trafficking minors, money laundering, sex with a minor and witness tampering, and his brother Tristan for complicity. - AJA
Earlier today, two Spanish F/A-18 Hornets operating under NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing Mission were scrambled from 57th Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base in Romania, in response to several “aerial targets” entering the country’s airspace.
A suspect linked to planned parcel bomb attacks in Romania was arrested there in connection with a weapons cache found near Berlin, where two functioning firearms were recovered. Germany's Federal Prosecutor has investigated the case since November. Berlin is now in contact with Bucharest over his extradition, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Friday. - Reuters
A weapons cache near Berlin, believed planted by Russian intelligence for potential attacks in Germany, has been uncovered, per a joint WDR, NDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung investigation.
Two functioning firearms were found. After the cache was deemed compromised, they were disabled and fitted with GPS trackers. A suspect linked to it was arrested in Romania. Germany's Federal Prosecutor has investigated since November.
A Romanian F-16 destroyed a naval drone inside Romania's Black Sea EEZ on Thursday as it approached the Neptun Alpha gas platform, 80 nautical miles east of Constanța.
"Today, Romania destroyed a naval drone carrying explosives near its Neptun Deep platform in the Black Sea. An escalating campaign of threats is underway, unsettling our citizens and seeking to divide our Union. This is hybrid warfare.
A Russian drone crashed near Luncavița, Romania, about 5 km from the Ukrainian border. No casualties. Romania's Defence Ministry says radar again failed to detect it. - Știrile PRO TV
A drone crossed into Bulgaria from Romania at 8:10 a.m. Saturday and exploded about 100 meters inside Bulgarian territory near a Trans-Balkan gas pipeline compressor station. Bulgaria's Defense Ministry says it was likely a Ukrainian MAYA decoy drone. No indication the crash was intentional.
Falling water levels in the Danube prompted Romania's Navy to carry out a controlled underwater explosion, deepening the river bed to keep water flowing to the Cernavoda nuclear plant's cooling systems.
In the western part of Ukraine, there are lands that Stalin gifted to Ukraine after WW2. Yes, it was Stalin who gifted those lands to Ukraine.
But he gifted them within the framework of a single state.
Apparently, it nev...
President Putin:
In the western part of Ukraine, there are lands that Stalin gifted to Ukraine after WW2. Yes, it was Stalin who gifted those lands to Ukraine.
But he gifted them within the framework of a single state.
Apparently, it never occurred to him that a situation like today's could arise.
By the way, I am sure that sooner or later, Ukraine will lose these western lands.
What belonged to Poland, Hungary, and Romania will eventually, historically, return to its place.
There was only one guarantor of Ukraine's territorial integrity, and that was Russia. But they found it necessary, possible, and beneficial for themselves to declare Russia their enemy
NEW: Romania says it destroyed another drone over its territorial waters this morning, the 3rd consecutive day its F 16 fighter jets have responded to airspace incursions. President Nicușor Dan said the drone shot down on Friday was identified as a Russian Shahed UAV.
Earlier today, Romanian President Nicușor Dan confirmed a Romanian F-16 shot down a drone in Romanian airspace near Sfântu Gheorghe in the Danube Delta.
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