A Russian drone struck a residential building in the eastern Romanian city of Galați in the night of 28 to 29 May 2026, injuring two people and triggering a fire on the roof. The incident occurred after the unmanned aircraft entered Romanian airspace before impacting the top of the apartment block.
Emergency services reported two occupants with minor injuries, treated on site without life-threatening conditions. The fire, confined mainly to the upper part of the building, was brought under control, and structural assessments were initiated to evaluate damage to the residential block.
Romania, a member of NATO and the European Union, described the event as a serious and irresponsible escalation. Authorities underlined the gravity of a military-grade drone impacting civilian infrastructure on Romanian territory, highlighting the risk to residents in an urban area.
The region of Galați lies close to the Ukrainian border, an area already under heightened surveillance because of ongoing Russian strikes on Ukrainian targets near the Danube corridor. This is reported as the first time since the start of the Russian offensive against Ukraine in February 2022 that a drone has crashed directly into a residential building in Romania, reinforcing concerns about spillover effects of the conflict on neighboring NATO territory.