Another drone enters Romanian airspace, crashes in Tulcea County

20 August 2026 Another drone entered Romanian airspace near Galați early on Thursday, August 20, before crashing in an unpopulated area near Grindu, Tulcea County, the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) announced. No casualties or property damage were reported. The ministry said its radar surveillance system detected a group of aerial targets near the Ukrainian border at 2:23 a.m. Two F-18 aircraft belonging to the Spanish Air and Space Forces were scrambled to monitor the situation. A Romanian Air Force IAR-330 SOCAT helicopter also took off on an aerial reconnaissance mission. The National Military Command Center notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations that alert measures should be introduced for residents in the affected area. Thus, an RO-Alert warning was issued at