Romanians raise plans to destroy Russian drones that tried to attack Odesa region

The wreckage of a Russian drone was found in Romania near the border with Odesa region on the morning of April 25, damaging a power pole and an extension to a residential building.

This was reported by the Romanian Ministry of Defense.

They noted that at night, radars of the Romanian Ministry of Defense detected drones approaching the country's airspace. Two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of the British Air Force took off at two in the morning from the air base in Fethesti.

The population in Tulcea County was warned of the air threat at 2:14 am. The Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft detected radar contact with a target 1.5 kilometers from Reni, over Ukrainian territory, and the pilots were authorized to engage the drones. Residents of the town of Galats reported the downing of the object through the emergency service at 2:31 a.m.

On the night of April 25, Russian troops again attacked Odesa region with attack drones. As a result of the attacks, three private residential buildings, an outbuilding and seven cars were damaged and destroyed. Port infrastructure facilities were also damaged. The fires have now been extinguished.

The Air Force Command reported that on the night of April 25 (from 18:00 on April 24), the enemy launched a combined attack on Ukraine's critical infrastructure using attack drones, air, sea and ground-based missiles.

The main target of the attack was Dnipro. Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa, and Kyiv regions were also attacked. In total, the Air Force's radio engineering troops recorded 666 air attack vehicles (47 missiles and 619 drones):

• 12 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles;
• 29 X-101 cruise missiles;
• One Iskander-K cruise missile;
• Five Kalibr cruise missiles;
• 619 attack UAVs such as Shahed, Gerbera, Italmash and other types of drones.

According to preliminary data, as of 8:00 a.m., air defense neutralized 610 targets - 30 missiles and 580 drones of various types:

• 26 X-101 cruise missiles;
• Four Kalibr cruise missiles;
• 580 enemy UAVs of various types.

There were 13 missile and 36 attack UAV hits at 23 locations, as well as downed UAVs (wreckage) at nine locations. Information about four missiles is being clarified, no hit data was received.

Кирило Бойко