On August 14, 2026, a Russian Shahed-136 attack drone (Geran-2) crashed in Romania's Tulcea County near the Ukrainian border after flying at an altitude too low to be detected by Romanian military radars. The drone was identified after a local resident captured footage of it flying over a populated area. Romanian emergency services responded to a fire at the crash site. Romanian specialists destroyed the wreckage with a controlled detonation. The incident occurred several kilometers inside NATO territory, in an area across the Danube River from southern Ukraine frequently targeted by Russian drone attacks. This was part of a broader pattern of Russian drone incursions affecting Romania, including drone shootdowns over the Black Sea and expulsion of a Russian diplomat over repeated violations of Romanian and NATO airspace.

On August 14, 2026, a Russian Shahed-136 attack drone (Geran-2) crashed in Romania's Tulcea County near the Ukrainian border after flying at an altitude too low to be detected by Romanian military radars. The drone was identified after a local resident captured footage of it flying over a populated area. Romanian emergency services responded to a fire at the crash site. Romanian specialists destroyed the wreckage with a controlled detonation. The incident occurred several kilometers inside NATO territory, in an area across the Danube River from southern Ukraine frequently targeted by Russian drone attacks. This was part of a broader pattern of Russian drone incursions affecting Romania, including drone shootdowns over the Black Sea and expulsion of a Russian diplomat over repeated violations of Romanian and NATO airspace.