A Russian kamikaze drone on Wednesday flew into NATO air space and detonated near a Romanian village, Ukrainian news reports said, but official Bucharest said the fact of the strike wasn’t confirmed and that they would check.

Ukrainian social media video recorded in the river port city of Izmail, opposite Plaura, showed an orange flash lighting up the night horizon and a booming blast on the Romanian side of the river. Flames and smoke reaching hundreds of meters into the sky were visible following the explosion. A Russian kamikaze drone strike against Izmail had been in progress at the time.

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    3 months ago

    Seems to be a separate incident from the earlier hit near Grindu (ro)/Reni (ua) in the same area. Hopefully “just” crashes from the drones getting knocked out above Ukraine.

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      3 months ago

      Might also be GPS jamming combined with Russia targeting near the border that threw the drone’s navigation off.

      The drone hit outside of a Romanian village near a river which is a weird target, unless maybe Russia is posturing to intimidate NATO. But it’s probably just GPS jamming.