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.
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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.
Russian Shaheds hit near Moldova-border crossing, burn food cargo, and black out 13,000 in Odesa Oblast
The Odesa strikes were part of a combined Russian attack across Ukraine. A suspected Shahed also crossed into Moldova, and a drone crashed in Romania.
Russian drone attacks on Ukraine’s Danube ports hit recent high, Romania says
Drone debris reached Romania as Ukraine sought safer grain routes and Bucharest prepared cheaper defenses against low-flying incursions.
More than 100 drones detected near Romania in four days, NATO jets scrambled seven times
The latest figures underscore how Russia’s drone war is increasingly reaching NATO’s eastern flank, with Romania already forced to destroy several drones this summer.
Romania found two Russian drones bobbing in its sea—and didn’t wait to ask questions
The military blew up the uncrewed aircraft near its flagship gas field once Kyiv confirmed they weren't Ukrainian.
ISW: Russia strikes the Mayaki bridge linking southern Ukraine to Romania and Moldova
Moscow's overnight hit on the M-15 highway forced Kyiv to halt traffic toward the Danube ports, its main grain outlet after sea exports collapsed.
Twelve kilometers from the war, a drone blast set a Moldovan field alight
Farther south, Bulgaria's defense ministry judged a separate drone that exploded near its gas network to be a Ukrainian decoy that strayed off course.
Romanian jets scramble as Russian drone enters NATO airspace before Ukraine shoots it down
The aerial target spent around 20 minutes in Romanian airspace before crossing back into Ukraine, where it was destroyed by Ukrainian forces.
Romania hits cost trap Ukraine spent years escaping: $400,000 missiles against $20,000 drones
Romania spent about €1.5 million downing three Russian drones over three days, mostly on F-16 missiles.