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No. 173 25.08.2026

Press Information

On Monday, August 24, at 10:37 PM, the MoND's radar surveillance system detected two aerial targets 25 km northwest of Snake Island, moving towards the Romanian border.

No. 172 24.08.2026

On Monday morning, August 24, around 6:00 AM, the MoND radar surveillance system detected intermittent signals in the Republic of Moldova’s airspace, in the Cahul area. One of the signals subsequently appeared in Târgu Bujor area, Galați County.

No. 171 20.08.2026

Updated Press Information

Analysis of data downloaded from the F-16 aircraft tracking systems, corroborated with the information obtained by the crew of the vessel that arrived on the scene, confirmed that a single drone was involved.

Drone incidents

Data updated on 26 August 2026

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine

126

Attacks near the border

Unauthorized Access

Drones shot down

Note: The data presented refers to the drone situations/incidents managed by the Ministry of National Defence.

Drone incidents, grouped by period and category.
Period	Attacks near the border	Scrambled Aircraft	Unauthorized Access	Drones shot down	Drone/identified fragments
Since the beginning of the war	126	83	43	4	68
2026	60	48	25	4	32
2025	28	21	9	0	16
2024	26	12	7	0	14
2023	12	2	2	0	6

2026

Attacks near the border: 60
Scrambled Aircraft: 48
Unauthorized Access: 25
Drones shot down: 4
Drone/identified fragments: 32

About the categories

Please note: The categories are not cumulative. The same incident may be recorded under more than one category.

Attacks near the border incidents 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 Aircraft situations in which aircraft from the Air Police Combat Service were scrambled to monitor the air situation.

Unauthorized Access instances in which drones have entered national airspace or maritime without authorization.

Drones shot down situations in which drones that had entered national airspace or maritime without authorization were engaged and shot down by military aircraft.

Drone/identified fragments situations 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.