2 Injured After Russian Drone Hits Apartment Building in Romania
Two people were injured and about 70 residents evacuated after the drone detonated its payload and set a 10th-floor apartment on fire, officials said.
- A Russian strike drone crashed into a 10-story apartment building in Galați, Romania, early Friday morning, marking the first time since the war began that a stray drone has hit a densely populated urban area inside the NATO-member state.
- The impact triggered a major explosion and a fire on the top floor of the building, injuring two residents—a woman who sustained first-degree burns and her 14-year-old child who suffered severe shock—while forcing the evacuation of roughly 70 people.
- The incident unfolded at approximately 1:53 a.m. local time during a massive Russian overnight barrage targeting Ukrainian port infrastructure in the nearby Odesa region and the Danube River port city of Izmail.
- The Romanian military scrambled two F-16 fighter jets and a combat helicopter authorized to engage targets after radar tracked the incoming drone, while officials broadcast emergency "Ro-Alert" sirens to warn residents across three border counties.
- Romania's Foreign Ministry blasted the incident as a "grave and irresponsible escalation" and a flagrant breach of international law, immediately requesting that NATO allies fast-track the transfer of specialized anti-drone defense systems to reinforce its eastern flank.
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