Feb. 17, 2025, 11:27 a.m.
(The Russian ambassador to Moldova is shown the wreckage of a downed drone that fell on the territory of the country. Photo: t.me/maeiexplica)
The unmanned aerial vehicles that took part in the attack on Odesa region on the night of February 16 violated the airspace of Moldova.
This was reported by the official telegram channel created by the Moldovan authorities - Prima Sursă.
The first aircraft was detected by the Air Operations Department of the Republic of Moldova at 22:45 in the direction of Taraclia - Petrovka. The second one was detected three minutes later, at 22:48, in the direction of Burleceni - Vynohradivka.
At this time, Russia was massively attacking the Odesa region with drones. Both drones subsequently left the airspace of the Republic of Moldova. The first at 22:54 in the direction of the village of Etulia, the second at 23:20 in the direction of the town of Ceadir Lunga.
The South Air Command, in turn, reported that on the night of February 17, in the Odesa region, the air defense of southern Ukraine shot down 11 enemy attack drones of the Shahed type and other types of drones. Yesterday, on February 16, three reconnaissance drones were destroyed - two Orlan-10 and Merlin-BP, as well as two Lancet attack drones. Also in the evening, the enemy attacked Odesa region with three X-31P anti-radar missiles, which did not reach their targets. The missiles were launched from two Russian Su-30 fighters from the Black Sea.
Earlier, an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle violated the airspace of the Republic of Moldova on the night of February 3 near the border with Odesa region. The unauthorized flight was detected and tracked by the airspace monitoring systems of the National Army of Moldova. The incident was recorded from 00:30 to 00:45 on the highway: Pavlivka, Ukraine - Karmanova Commune - Mayak - Grigoriopol.
Last year, on December 3, the Moldovan police reported finding parts of an unknown unmanned aerial vehicle near the village of Pidhoren in the Orhei district of the country, which is located about 70 kilometers from the city of Podilsk, Odesa region.
The remains of Russian drones have also been found on the territory of Moldova on several occasions. For example, Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popschiu condemned the violation of Moldovan airspace by two Russian drones on Sunday, November 10.
In the evening of November 10, the second drone in 24 hours was found in northern Moldova after a massive Russian drone attack against Ukraine.
On the morning of November 10, the General Inspectorate of the Moldovan Police reported the discovery of an unknown drone that had crashed near the village of Firledeni, Kaushan district, near the border with Odesa region. Later, they added that a second drone was found in a field near the village of Boroseni Noi in the Rishkan district of Moldova. After the initial examination of the first drone, it was found that it was a Russian-made Shahed drone that did not have any explosives on it.
Drones also fly into Romania. During a massive attack by Russians in Odesa region on the night of September 27, one Russian army drone entered Romanian airspace.
Кирило Бойко