{"id":10702,"date":"2026-06-19T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10702"},"modified":"2026-06-19T06:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:00:46","slug":"portugal-slovakia-to-provide-drone-defense-equipment-to-romania-president-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10702","title":{"rendered":"Portugal, Slovakia to provide drone defense equipment to Romania, president says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portugal and Slovakia expressed their availability to provide Romania with drone defense equipment as part of efforts to consolidate security on NATO\u2019s Eastern flank, president <strong>Nicu\u0219or Dan<\/strong> announced on June 18.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries join the United States, France, Italy, and Spain, which already contribute or have announced equipment or expertise contributions in defending Romania\u2019s airspace against drone incursions, the president said.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ukraine will also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/ukraine-counter-drone-experts-romania-june-2026\" target=\"_blank\">dispatch teams of specialists to Romania and the Baltic states to share its experience in countering drone threats<\/a>, president Volodymyr Zelensky announced earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s announcement follows recent incidents where a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/russian-drone-crashes-apartment-building-romania-2026\" target=\"_blank\">Russian drone crashed into a residential apartment building in the Romanian city of Gala\u021bi<\/a> on May 29, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/maritime-drone-explodes-constanta-port-june-2026\" target=\"_blank\">maritime drone exploded in the Port of Constan\u021ba<\/a> on June 5.<\/p>\n<p>The drone crash in Gala\u021bi was condemned in a June 18 European Council statement on Ukraine and on European defense and security.<\/p>\n<p>The statement strongly condemns Russia\u2019s missile and drone attacks against civilians in Ukraine, the recent strikes against the UNESCO World Heritage site of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, \u201cas well as the increasingly aggressive, reckless and irresponsible behavior towards EU member states, including foreign information manipulation and interference, and threats against the European diplomatic presence in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recent incident in which a Russian drone carrying explosives crashed into a residential building in Romania, as well as similar incidents in other member states, are a direct result of Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine and threaten the security of EU citizens and regional stability. The European Council strongly condemns the repeated violations of member states\u2019 airspace and territorial waters and underlines that Russia bears full responsibility for the consequences of its escalatory behavior and its continued military actions. The European Council reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the security of all member states,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: Presidency.ro)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portugal and Slovakia expressed their availability to provide Romania with drone defense equipment as part of efforts to consolidate security on NATO\u2019s Eastern flank, president Nicu\u0219or Dan announced on June 18. The two countries join the United States, France, Italy, and Spain, which already contribute or have announced equipment or expertise contributions in defending Romania\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/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-10702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702","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=10702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}