Minister of National Defence Ștefan-Radu Oprea received the U.S. Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby at the MoND headquarters on Wednesday, 4 November.
On Tuesday, October 27, the Ministry of National Defence, through the General Directorate for Armaments, signed the contract for the acquisition of four mobile precision approach and landing radar systems, with the consortium formed of THALES ROMANIA SRL Company and THALES LAS FRANCE SAS.
On Friday, October 23rd, Minister of National Defence, Ștefan-Radu Oprea, received, at the MoND headquarters, the visit of the Ambassador of the United States of America to Romania, H.E. Darryl Nirenberg.
Note: The data presented refers to the drone situations/incidents managed/reported by the Ministry of National Defence.
Detailed situation of drone incidents
The reported figures are grouped by year and by incident category.
Drone incidents, grouped by period and category.
Period
Attacks near the border
Scrambled Aircraft
Unauthorized Access
Drones shot down
Drone/identified fragments
Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore
Since the beginning of the war
172
120
57
6
81
9
2026
105
85
38
6
44
2
2025
28
21
9
0
16
1
2024
26
12
7
0
14
1
2023
12
2
2
0
6
1
2022
1
0
1
0
1
4
Since the beginning of the war
Attacks near the border
172
Scrambled Aircraft
120
Unauthorized Access
57
Drones shot down
6
Drone/identified fragments
81
Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore
9
2026
Attacks near the border
105
Scrambled Aircraft
85
Unauthorized Access
38
Drones shot down
6
Drone/identified fragments
44
Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore
2
2025
Attacks near the border
28
Scrambled Aircraft
21
Unauthorized Access
9
Drones shot down
0
Drone/identified fragments
16
Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore
1
2024
Attacks near the border
26
Scrambled Aircraft
12
Unauthorized Access
7
Drones shot down
0
Drone/identified fragments
14
Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore
1
2023
Attacks near the border
12
Scrambled Aircraft
2
Unauthorized Access
2
Drones shot down
0
Drone/identified fragments
6
Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore
1
2022
Attacks near the border
1
Scrambled Aircraft
0
Unauthorized Access
1
Drones shot down
0
Drone/identified fragments
1
Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore
4
About the categories
Please note:
Attacks near the borderincidents involving drone attacks on targets within Ukrainian territory, near the border with Romania, which prompted the Ministry of National Defense to take action to monitor and manage the situation.Scrambled Aircraftsituations in which aircraft from the Air Police Combat Service were scrambled to monitor the air situation.Unauthorized Accessinstances in which drones have entered national airspace or maritime without authorization.Drones shot downsituations in which drones that had entered national airspace or maritime without authorization were engaged and shot down by military aircraft.Drone/identified fragmentssituations in which drones or drone fragments were identified on Romanian territory, handled by the Ministry of National Defense or in which the Ministry was involved.Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashoreThe Romanian Naval Forces have destroyed nine drifting naval mines out of the 161 neutralized in the Black Sea, within the Exclusive Economic Zones of Romania (9), Turkey (11), Bulgaria (6), Georgia (1), Russia (1), and Ukraine (133).
