Drones keep sinking ships off Romania and Bulgaria—French and US patrol planes are watching
Days after NATO promised more planes and forensic teams, a drone sank a cargo ship near Constanța, killing a Ukrainian sailor.
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Drone strike sinks cargo ship near Romania, killing Ukrainian sailor. Romanian President blames Russia
The Khoryv capsized about 13 nautical miles off Romania’s coast, with nine crew members rescued and three still missing. The incident adds to a wave of attacks threatening Black Sea shipping and Ukraine’s export routes.
Romania shot down two drones it believes were Russia’s new Geran-4s. Europe isn’t ready for swarms of them, analyst warns
Analyst Fabian Hoffmann says jet-powered interceptors are one answer, but too few Western suppliers make the small engines they need.
Romania downs two Russian jet drones near Sulina, days before NATO allies meet on Black Sea security
Romania’s Defense Ministry released cockpit images of the shoot-down as allies prepare to discuss deterrence at a special session Romania requested.
Romania finally holds Russia responsible for the drone attacks on ships off its coast, and wants a joint NATO command for the Black Sea
The NATO states on the sea would take tuns leading it, with Romania ready to host it from 2028
Two tankers burn off Romania’s Sulina as Bulgaria says it lacks proof Russia is behind the Black Sea ship attacks
Seven crew members of a San Marino-flagged chemical tanker were still missing hours after it caught fire at anchor off the mouth of the Danube.
Ukraine is buying 135 mobile shelters for border crossings as Russian drones reach from the Danube to Poland
Regional recovery services have opened 10 tenders, one of them for shelters on the road to a crossing into Romania.
Two ships sunk and a third set ablaze off NATO coasts in two days, and neither Bucharest nor Sofia will say “Russia”
Romania and Bulgaria have described the attacks only as drone strikes, without saying where the drones came from.
Spain, Belgium, and Poland are sending Ukraine F-16 cannon rounds to fight Russia’s jet drones
A much larger 20-mm package may follow, and Kyiv is also negotiating with private manufacturers.
ISW connects drone crashes in Moldova and Romania, a Starlink fire in Poland, and a Berlin airport shutdown into one Russian pattern
The institute connects drone crashes in Moldova and Romania, arson at a Polish Starlink station, and a Berlin airport shutdown into a single pattern of Russian pressure on European defense infrastructure.
Russian attack puts three countries on alert as drones enter Moldova and Romania
Moldovan police preliminarily identified the drone that exploded beside a farm as a camera-equipped Gerbera, the first of its type found in the country.
Moldova counted 39 Russian drone incursions in eight months, against 17 in all of 2025
Its president says three decades without air defense cannot be undone in five years.
Poland expects Russia to target border crossings as attacks on Ukraine escalate – Russia has already hit crossings with Moldova and Romania
Moscow has already struck at least five crossings with Moldova and NATO member Romania since late August, pushing its aerial campaign farther from the front line.
One Russian drone held up seven flights in Moldova, Zelenskyy’s trip to Norway for King Harald V’s funeral among them
The drone crossed Moldova twice that afternoon, and controllers shut the airspace over the center of the country for more than an hour, until after it came down in the north.
Romania trailed a Russian agent for seven months—then revealed what he was filming
Romania watched a man filming NATO bases and Ukraine's giant Antonov cargo planes for months.
Far from any front line: Russia has hit at least five of Ukraine’s western border crossings with Moldova and NATO member since late August
During one strike, a drone flew into Moldova toward Romania and NATO jets scrambled.
Sofia gets seven minehunters from Belgium and the Netherlands for a sea Russia mined
Parliament signed off on two separate agreements this week, one a purchase and one a transfer, with the Dutch side restoring part of the fleet before it changes hands.
Moldova is investing in air defense against the Russian drones crossing from Ukraine—Romania shoots down the ones that reach it
Allied fighters over the neighboring NATO member have destroyed intruding drones repeatedly this year, while the neutral country in between can track them crossing but not shoot them down.
A suspected Russian intruder in Finland’s sky, and Helsinki wants answers
A three-minute crossing by a Russian reconnaissance plane has drawn in Helsinki's investigators and put its allies on notice.
Romania destroys a sea drone and finds aerial drone debris on its soil amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine
Both incidents occurred during the same overnight barrage that also triggered air defense activations in Poland and Moldova.