{"id":10419,"date":"2026-05-29T13:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10419"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:01:36","slug":"romania-to-close-russian-consulate-in-constanta-and-expel-consul-after-galati-drone-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10419","title":{"rendered":"Romania to close Russian Consulate in Constan\u021ba and expel consul after Gala\u021bi drone crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romania will close the Russian Consulate General in Constan\u021ba and expel its consul general following the crash of a Russian drone into a residential building in Gala\u021bi<\/a>, president Nicu\u0219or Dan<\/strong> announced on Friday, May 29. The decision was taken after a meeting of the Supreme Council of National Defence (CSAT), convened in response to what the president described as the most serious incident<\/a> affecting Romanian territory since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the security council meeting, Dan said the Russian Federation bears full responsibility for the incident, which injured two Romanian citizens and caused significant damage to a residential building in Gala\u021bi.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a serious incident last night in which two Romanian citizens were injured, and the entire responsibility for this incident belongs to Russia, a country that has been waging a war of aggression against Ukraine for more than four years,” Dan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, the consul general of the Russian Federation in Constan\u021ba has been declared persona non grata, and the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Constan\u021ba will be closed,” he added.<\/p>\n

Nicu\u0219or Dan also thanked Romania’s NATO and European Union partners for their support following the incident, describing it as evidence of Euro-Atlantic solidarity and unity.<\/p>\n

Further on, the president outlined several measures aimed at strengthening Romania’s air defense capabilities. He said anti-air and anti-drone systems are being acquired through the European Union’s SAFE defense program, with contracts expected to be signed in the coming days. Romania has also signed a partnership agreement with Ukraine<\/a> on the joint production of drones and is participating in a separate mechanism alongside the United States and the United Kingdom to accelerate the production and testing of drones and anti-drone technologies.<\/p>\n

Until the new equipment is delivered, Romania is relying on arrangements with allied countries to deploy additional anti-drone capabilities on its territory, the president said.<\/p>\n

In a quick reaction,\u00a0Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told TASS<\/a>: “Retaliatory measures in response to the declaration of the Russian consul general as persona non grata and the closure of the consulate general will not be long in coming.”<\/p>\n

The CSAT meeting also reviewed the authorities’ response to the Gala\u021bi incident, including civil protection measures implemented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and local authorities.<\/p>\n

The statements followed the crash of a Russian-made Geran-2 drone into an apartment building in Gala\u021bi during a large-scale overnight attack against Ukrainian targets near Romania’s border. The drone was part of a swarm of 43 Russian drones, with only one entering Romanian territory.<\/p>\n

The drone crashed into the roof of an apartment building shortly after 2 a.m., triggering an explosion and a fire in a tenth-floor apartment. Two people sustained minor injuries, while around 70 residents were evacuated or self-evacuated from the building.<\/p>\n

The investigation into the drone crash remains ongoing. According to EuropaFM<\/a>, prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Gala\u021bi Court of Appeal have opened a criminal investigation following this incident, with one of the offenses being investigated classified as attempted aggravated murder.<\/p>\n

irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n

(Photo source: Presidency.ro)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romania will close the Russian Consulate General in Constan\u021ba and expel its consul general following the crash of a Russian drone into a residential building in Gala\u021bi, president Nicu\u0219or Dan announced on Friday, May 29. The decision was taken after a meeting of the Supreme Council of National Defence (CSAT), convened in response to what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}