Fragments found on Wednesday between the towns of Nuferu and Victoria in Tulcea county came from a drone similar to those used by the Russian army, according to the first data after analysis of remains removed from the site, the Ministry of National Defense announced. .

According to MApN, a research team that went to the area located about 1.5 km east of Nuferu town, Tulcea county, collected samples from the site for analysis and technical examination.

“According to the first transmitted data, it turned out that it was about fragments from a drone similar to those used by the Russian army. The examination continues to establish the circumstances of this event.

The Ministry of Defense once again emphasizes that the Russian Federation’s attacks on the port infrastructure of Ukraine on the Danube, carried out near the border with Romania, are unjustified and seriously violate the norms of international law,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. the application was sent on Wednesday evening.

We will remind you that on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, Russian troops continued shelling the Ukrainian port infrastructure from Reni and Izmail, which are near the border between Ukraine and Romania.

A new attack by a Russian drone, which took place on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, damaged the port infrastructure in the Izmail port and injured at least seven people, three of them in a serious condition, Oleg Kiper, the governor of the Odesa region, said.

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The Romanian authorities have sent RO-Alert messages to 8 settlements in Tulcea county, located near the border with Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense announced in the morning that based on the information received from the ISU Tulcea regarding telephone messages through the 112 service about possible cases of drones falling in the sector between the settlements of Nufăru, Malcoci and Valea Nucarilor in Tulcea county, army groups are investigating these situations.

MApN later reported that a Romanian army helicopter detected new fragments similar to military drones in the area of ​​some settlements more than 15 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

The wreckage was discovered around 11:30 in the morning in the area of ​​the cities of Nuferu and Victoria, scattered over an area of ​​several tens of meters, the Ministry of Defense reports.

The city of Nuferu is 14-15 km from the nearest points to the border with Ukraine, and Victoria is 17-18 km from the border. Nufăru is located 10 km from the center of Tulcea.

The first two cases of finding the remains of drones on the territory of Romania were near the city of Plauru, located almost on the border, but Nuferu and Victoria are much further from the border.

In none of the three cases did Romania’s radars detect anything.

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