{"id":11912,"date":"2026-09-09T07:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11912"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:02:23","slug":"russian-drone-activity-intensifies-in-moldova-and-eastern-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11912","title":{"rendered":"Russian drone activity intensifies in Moldova and eastern Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moldova\u2019s Defence Ministry, cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deschide.md\/ministerul-apararii-o-drona-ruseasca-a-survolat-ilegal-r-moldova-spatiul-aerian-inchis-temporar?mc_cid=38254560c4&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\">Deschide.md<\/a>, said the Shahed entered Moldovan airspace at 16:20 from the direction of Slavianorebca in Ukraine and flew towards Bender, crossing the Transnistrian region. It then headed towards central Moldova, passing near Chisinau and disrupting the landing of several aircraft before reaching B\u0103l\u0103ne\u0219ti and Cetireni in Ungheni district.<\/p>\n<p>The drone left Moldovan airspace at 16:37 near Zagarancea, in Ungheni district, and continued towards Gol\u0103ie\u0219ti in Romania\u2019s Ia\u0219i county, according to the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, a drone of a model that has yet to be established at that time crashed in a sunflower field outside Mih\u0103ilenii Vechi in R\u00ee\u0219cani district, Moldova\u2019s police said. The crash caused four fires, but no injuries were reported. Specialist services were deployed to document the incident and establish the circumstances, while police urged residents not to approach the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tv8.md\/2026\/09\/08\/ultima-ora-drona-shahed-care-a-survolat-moldova-a-revenit-in-tara-aparatul-a-cazut-la-riscani-primele-imagini\/308706\">TV8.md<\/a>, citing the Defence Ministry, reported that this was the same drone that had crossed Moldova from Ukraine into Romania and later returned. Romania scrambled fighter jets and issued alerts in the eastern part of the country, while temporarily closing Ia\u0219i airport, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/actualitate\/alerta-pentru-drona-in-trei-judete-din-moldova-aeroportul-din-iasi-a-suspendat-temporar-toate-zborurile-3939831?mc_cid=38254560c4&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\">Digi24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A further drone attack occurred overnight near the Tudora-Starokazacie border crossing between Moldova and Ukraine, Unimedia reported. Ukraine\u2019s State Border Guard Service said on September 9 that two civilians had been killed and two others injured in the attack on the Ukrainian side. Their nationalities had not yet been established.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moldova\u2019s Defence Ministry, cited by Deschide.md, said the Shahed entered Moldovan airspace at 16:20 from the direction of Slavianorebca in Ukraine and flew towards Bender, crossing the Transnistrian region. It then headed towards central Moldova, passing near Chisinau and disrupting the landing of several aircraft before reaching B\u0103l\u0103ne\u0219ti and Cetireni in Ungheni district. The drone [&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-11912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912","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=11912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}