Attacks near the border
On Wednesday morning, October 21, the radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected a group of aerial targets northeast of the town of Vylkove, in Ukraine's airspace.
On Saturday, October 17, the radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected a group of aerial targets operating approximately 120 kilometers east of Snake Island, heading to a southwestern direction.
On Saturday, October 17, two Romanian Air Force F-16 aircraft, performing Air Policing Service, scrambled, from the 86th Borcea Air Base at 5:43 PM, after radar surveillance systems detected a group of aerial targets operating approximately 120 kilometers east of Snake Island, heading to a southwestern direction.
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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