{"id":11791,"date":"2026-09-01T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11791"},"modified":"2026-09-01T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:00:27","slug":"damaged-drone-reportedly-found-in-field-in-eastern-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11791","title":{"rendered":"Damaged drone reportedly found in field in eastern Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A damaged drone was found on Tuesday, September 1, in a field near Vii\u0219oara, Vaslui county, around 30 kilometers from Romania\u2019s border with Moldova, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.ro\/eveniment\/drona-prabusita-pe-un-camp-din-judetul-vaslui-zona-a-fost-izolata-si-este-verificata-de-un-echipaj-pirotehnic-al-sri-1922401301002026091322682943\" target=\"_blank\">News.ro<\/a>. Authorities have isolated the area and launched an investigation into the aircraft\u2019s origin and how it reached the site.<\/p>\n<p>A local resident reportedly discovered the drone outside the village and notified police. Preliminary information indicated that the aircraft might be carrying explosives, although this had not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>A Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) bomb disposal team was sent to inspect and secure the drone. Police and gendarmerie personnel were also present at the site, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are waiting for the results of the inspections,\u201d Vaslui prefect Andrei \u0218erban told <a href=\"https:\/\/agerpres.ro\/justitie\/2026\/09\/01\/vaslui-reprezentanti-sri-ipj-si-ijj-prezenti-la-viisoara-unde-a-fost-gasita-o-drona-cazuta--1589599\" target=\"_blank\">Agerpres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police were notified about the discovery at 10:15 a.m. The Prosecutor\u2019s Office attached to the Ia\u0219i Court of Appeal was informed and will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had not yet determined when the drone came down or where it originated.<\/p>\n<p>Romania has been facing a sharp escalation in unauthorized drone incursions linked to the war in neighbouring Ukraine this year. According to the latest Ministry of Defense data, the country registered 25 separate incidents in 2026 alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, for example, residents within a radius of approximately 300 meters were temporarily evacuated after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/drone-crash-valcea-august-2026\" target=\"_blank\">a drone was found crashed into a walnut tree near <\/a>a house in Ciu\u0219lea, Vrancea County.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Vlad Ispas\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A damaged drone was found on Tuesday, September 1, in a field near Vii\u0219oara, Vaslui county, around 30 kilometers from Romania\u2019s border with Moldova, according to News.ro. Authorities have isolated the area and launched an investigation into the aircraft\u2019s origin and how it reached the site. A local resident reportedly discovered the drone outside the [&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-11791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11791","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=11791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}