Attacks near the border
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.
On Thursday, 22 October, Minister of National Defence, Ștefan-Radu Oprea, and Chief of Defence Staff, General Gheorghiță Vlad, met at the MoND headquarters with General Seán Clancy, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee, during his official visit to Romania.
Data updated on 17 October 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 | 164 | 112 | 54 | 6 | 81 | 9 |
| 2026 | 97 | 77 | 35 | 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 |
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