Romania announces it will expel Russia’s consul general in Constanța and close its Russian consulate after a Russian drone strike on Romanian territory, President Nicușor Dan says. Dan states that the attack hits a residential building in Galați on Friday and injures two people. He describes the incident as the most serious security event on Romanian soil since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Romanian authorities frame the incident as an escalation by Moscow. According to The Moscow Times, Bucharest says the downed drone is a Russian Geran-2. The Romanian side characterizes the event as a serious and irresponsible escalation and links the consulate closure measures to that assessment.
Both reports attribute the strike to a Russian drone, describe injuries to two residents, and tie Romania’s decision to diplomatic actions—expelling the consul general and closing the consulate—to the aftermath of the attack in Galați.
