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No. 177 27.08.2026

Romania Receives First Payment under the SAFE Instrument

The Ministry of National Defence welcomes the first payment made by the European Commission to Romania on 26 August, under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument, amounting to EUR 2.5 billion. This represents 15% of the total EUR 16.68 billion allocated to Romania under the defence instrument.

No. 176 27.08.2026

UPDATE – Press Information

The air alert issued on Thursday, August 27, at 10:08 AM for the northern part of Tulcea County - following the detection of a group of aerial targets near the Romanian border - ceased at 11:54 AM.

No. 175 27.08.2026

Press Information

On Thursday, August 27, at 10:08 AM, the MoND's radar surveillance system detected a group of aerial targets in Ukrainian airspace, near the border with Romania.

Drone incidents

Data updated on 27 August 2026

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine

129

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	129	83	43	4	68
2026	63	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: 63
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.