A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, Romania, causing injuries and damage. The incident occurred near the border with Ukraine and was the first time a densely populated area in a NATO country had been hit causing injuries during Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.
Romania ’s defense ministry said a woman and a child suffered minor injuries in Galati near the border with Ukraine overnight after radar tracked a Russian drone entering Romania n airspace.
A fire is pictured on top of a block of flats after a drone crash caused an explosion and fire on impact, in Galati, Romania, near the Ukrainian border, on Friday, May 29, 2026. Separately, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of Russia’s powerful Security Council, warned European leaders that drones would continue to stray into their countries and prevent their populations from sleeping peacefully.
It was the first time a densely populated area in a NATO country had been hit causing injuries during Russia’s ‘Russia’s reckless behavior is a danger to us all,’ NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on X after speaking by phone to Romanian President Nicusor Dan, whose country is in both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the ‘I affirmed that NATO stands ready to defend every inch of Allied territory,’ he said, without making any mention of triggering NATO’s mutual defense clause.
‘We will continue to enhance our readiness to deter and defend against any threat, including from drones. ’ First responders are on the scene after a drone crashed into a residential building in the city of Galati, Romania.
TASS quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying Moscow would respond swiftly to Bucharest’s decision to close the consulate. Romania, which shares a 650-kilometer (400-mile) land border with Ukraine, said Russian drones had breached its airspace 28 times since Moscow began attacking Ukrainian ports across the Danube River following its invasion. Stephen Evelyn, a 44-year-old American citizen who lives in Galati, called it ‘another provocation by the Russians.
’ ‘I don’t believe this was an accident, this has happened too many times for the Russians to be doing this by accident,’ he said. Debris from a shattered window is pictured on the roof of a building across the street from where a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, Romania.
There have been multiple airspace incursions into NATO airspace since Moscow invaded Ukraine, most notably when more than 20 Russian drones Romania has asked NATO allies to deploy additional anti-drone capabilities to Romania, with official sources saying Bucharest needs low-altitude radars and interceptor drones. A NATO spokesperson said on Friday, ‘potential additional defensive measures are considered.
’ Local authorities in southern Ukraine said Izmail port in the Odesa region, across the border from Galati, had come under attack from drones early on Friday. The Romanian defense ministry said two F-16 fighter jets had been scrambled and a military helicopter was sent to monitor the attack, with the pilots authorized to shoot down any drones without endangering inhabited areas. The residents of border counties Braila, Galati, and Tulcea were warned to take cover.
Local residents speak with a gendarme as they stand beside debris and a cordoned-off area in the street after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, Romania. The drone was in Romania’s airspace for four minutes and flew at a low altitude for ten kilometers (6.2 miles), making it difficult for radar to detect, Romanian Brigadier General Gheorghe Maxim said.
In addition to the woman and her child who were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, two people were treated on the scene for panic attacks, and 70 were evacuated from the apartment block, local authorities said. Police and forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, Romania.
Police and forensic investigators stand on the rooftop as they examine the location of impact over a damaged apartment after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, Romania
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