Romanian authorities say a Russian drone involved in an overnight attack on Ukraine crashes in eastern Romania, hitting an apartment building near the border with Ukraine. Multiple outlets report the incident occurs in or around Galați, with the drone tracked by Romanian radar before impact. After the crash, a fire breaks out at the building, and emergency services respond. Two people are reported injured, including a 14-year-old boy and a 53-year-old woman, though other accounts describe the two victims more generally; several residents are evacuated.

The event triggers rapid political reaction. NATO and the European Union condemn what they describe as irresponsible escalation and express concern about increasing drone incursions affecting member states bordering the conflict. Romania’s officials call for faster anti-drone support, and the incident is framed as part of broader spillover from the war in Ukraine and renewed Russian strikes.

Romanian leadership and defence officials characterize the crash as among the most serious incidents affecting national territory since the war began, while attention remains on the continuing drone threat in the region.