Attacks near the border
The radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected several aerial targets in Ukraine, near the border with Romania, on Tuesday, September 15.
On Saturday, September 12th, the Air Operations Centers of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova informed the Romanian Ministry of National Defence that a drone had crossed the airspace of both states, heading toward the northeastern region of Romania.
On Friday, September 11th, around 04:15, the MoND's radar surveillance system detected a group of aerial targets approximately 16 km north of Vylkove, Ukraine, near the border with Romania.
Data updated on 15 September 2026
The reported figures are grouped by year and by incident 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 | 140 | 91 | 46 | 4 | 74 | 9 |
| 2026 | 73 | 56 | 27 | 4 | 37 | 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 |
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