More Russian drones crashed in Romania during the January 17 attack

The remains of Russian drones were found in Romania in two places after the Russian attack on Odesa region on January 17.

According to the country's Ministry of Defense, in addition to Tulcea County, the remains of the drone were found in Botosani County.

In particular, field searches revealed two sites where Geran1/2 drones of Russian origin had crashed. One crash site is located between the settlements of Cătalcii (Tulcea County) and Tudor-Vladimirescu ( Botosani County), and the other is south of Cilia Văke (Tulcea County).

The drones did not damage anything in Romania, while in Odesa region, the shelling damaged the facades of buildings and one residential building.

On the night of January 17, an air alert was declared twice in Odesa region due to the threat of attack drones. The first alert lasted from 21:21 to 23:31 on January 16, and the second began at 00:21 on January 17.

The military warned first about a group of kamikaze drones moving from the Black Sea towards the region, and later about drones heading towards Izmail. The air alert was canceled at 03:17.

A little later, the Romanian Ministry of Defense stated that it had recorded the fall of drone fragments near the village of Plauru, Tulcea County. In addition, the ministry reported that two F-16 fighter jets were in the air during the night attack on Odesa region.

This is not the first time that the wreckage of Russian drones has been found in Romania, as in the fall of 2024, NATO stepped up surveillance of Romanian airspace, deploying an airborne surveillance aircraft.

During a massive attack by Russians in Odesa region on the night of September 27, one Russian army drone entered Romanian airspace, and before that, on the evening of September 7, a group of Russian Shahed attack drones violated Romanian airspace, which led to warnings to residents of Tulcea and Constanta counties about the risk of objects falling from the airspace.

According to the Romanian publication hotnews.ro, representatives of the Tulcea Emergency Situations Inspectorate explained that these messages were necessary to inform the population of the Romanian border area.

Кирило Бойко