The Ministry of Defense of Romania condemned the Russian kamikaze drone attack on the port infrastructure of Odesa region.
"We strongly condemn these unjustified and illegal attacks," the agency stated in a statement on X (Twitter). They added that they monitored the air situation at the border in real time during the attack.
Residents of the Romanian border town of Isaccia witnessed this attack. The drone attacked Orlivka, where the crossing between it and Isakcha is located. This was filmed by the Romanian workers of the crossing. According to Radio Svoboda, the footage shows men shouting at their colleagues on the barge to leave the Ukrainian port as soon as possible.
On the morning of September 26, the coast guard in Romania announced that traffic at the Isaccia border checkpoint was closed due to the attack.
- On the night of September 26, the Russians attacked Ukraine with 36 kamikaze drones, 26 were shot down by air defense. The port infrastructure of the Odesa region, a checkpoint building, warehouses, and three dozen trucks were damaged by the hits. Two drivers were injured.
- Romania is not the first to feel the consequences of the Russian invasion. Wreckage of Russian drones was found twice in Romania on the border with Odesa region — on September 4 and 13. Romania summoned the head of the Russian diplomatic mission and built shelters for civilians in the border area near Reni and Izmail, and on September 15, the Romanian general said that air defense would shoot down Russian drones if necessary.