A drone struck a multi-story apartment building in Galați, eastern Romania, overnight on May 27-28, triggering a fire on the 10th floor and leaving two people with minor injuries. Romanian authorities said F-16 fighters and an air force helicopter were scrambled at 01:19 to monitor the area after the incident.
The building was hit in a city near the Ukrainian border, where Romanian officials have repeatedly tracked the spillover from Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian targets along the Danube. The interior ministry said emergency crews responded to the fire and that no other drone was observed in the area.
The defense ministry said the drone entered Romanian airspace during a wave of attacks on civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine close to the border. A specialized explosives team was dispatched to examine debris and determine the object’s nature.