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No. 194 21.09.2026

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The MoND’s radar surveillance system detected on Monday, September 21, an aerial target flying 12 kilometers north of Chilia, near the Romanian border.

No. 193 21.09.2026

The Chief of Defence Staff, at the NATO Military Committee Conference in Copenhagen

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Gheorghiță Vlad, is participating on September 18 and 19 in the NATO Military Committee Conference in Chiefs of Defence format, which takes place in Copenhagen, the Kingdom of Denmark.

No. 192 21.09.2026

Romania holds command of the EUTM RCA mission for the fourth consecutive year

Romania is continuing its commitment to the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA), holding its command for the fourth consecutive year.

Drone and sea mine incidents

Data updated on 21 September 2026

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine

141

Attacks near the border

Unauthorized Access

Drones shot down

Note: The data presented refers to the drone situations/incidents managed/reported 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	Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore
Since the beginning of the war	141	92	46	4	78	9
2026	74	57	27	4	41	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

2026

Attacks near the border: 74
Scrambled Aircraft: 57
Unauthorized Access: 27
Drones shot down: 4
Drone/identified fragments: 41
Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore: 2

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.

Naval mines neutralized, drifting in the EEZ or washed ashore The 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).