Residents of Romania’s border zone with Ukraine to receive mobile air raid alert notifications
Residents of Romania’s border zone with Ukraine will now receive mobile phone warnings about possible air raids, Radio Romania International has reported, referring to Romania’s National Committee for Emergency Situations.
The move comes after a Russian suicide drone crashed and exploded on Romanian territory during a Russian air attack on Ukraine on Sept. 4.
In areas without mobile phone signal, teams will be deployed to alert the civilian population, the Romanian committee said. On Sept. 9, new fragments of UAVs resembling those used by Russia were found approximately 2.5 kilometers southeast of the Romanian settlement of Plauru, which is located on the banks of the Danube.
The Ukrainian city of Izmail and the Izmail Sea Trade Port lies on the opposite bank of the Danube from the area where the explosion was observed on Sept. 4, and where drone debris was subsequently discovered.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis stated earlier that the impact on of the Russian attack drone on Romanian territory constitutes an unacceptable violation of Romania’s airspace, and poses real risks to the safety of residents in this region.
Shaheds in Romania: What is Known
Russia carried out another massive air
attack on southern Ukraine using Iranian-made Shahed drones on the night of
Sept. 4.
Some of these drones fell and detonated on
the territory of Romania, a NATO member state, according to Ukrainian Foreign
Affairs Ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that 23 out of 32 Shaheds were shot down during the raid,
during which Russia targeted the infrastructure of Izmail District of Odesa Oblast, which borders Romania.
At the time, the Romanian Defense Ministry “categorically
denied” reports about the falling debris. According to the ministry, Russia’s
attack “never created a direct military threat to the national territory or
territorial waters of Romania.”
However, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro
Kuleba responded that Ukraine possessed photographic evidence that proved
Shahed drones had come down over Romanian territory.
Then, on Sept. 6, Romanian Defense Minister
Angel Tilvar acknowledged for the first time that parts of a Russian drone used
to attack Ukraine had indeed fallen on his country’s territory.
NATO member countries expressed “strong solidarity” with Romania in a statement published by Romania’s ambassador to
NATO, Dan Neculescu. However, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stated on
Sept. 7 that the alliance did not see any indication that there had been a
deliberate Russian attack on Romania.
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