Attacks near the border
The signing ceremony of the Letter of Intent on cooperation between the ministries of national defence of Romania and Poland under the "Security Action For Europe" (SAFE) Financial Instrument took place on Wednesday, September 30, at the MoND headquarters.
On Tuesday morning, September 29, the Ministry of National Defence was informed about the discovery of debris of an object, possibly a drone, that had fallen on arable land in Insula Mare a Brăilei, near the locality of Gropeni, Brăila County.
On the evening of September 27, the radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected an aerial target moving north of Chilia Veche, on the Ukrainian territory, near the border with Romania.
Data updated on 30 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 | 150 | 101 | 49 | 4 | 80 | 9 |
| 2026 | 83 | 66 | 30 | 4 | 43 | 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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