Drone incident near Constanta shows spillover of Ukraine war into NATO territory
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A Ukrainian naval drone lost control due to electronic warfare jamming and drifted into Romania’s Constanta port on the Black Sea, where it self-detonated around 10:30 a.m. local time. Romanian authorities evacuated the area; no casualties were reported. The drone was not Romanian and authorities are investigating how it reached the port amid ongoing tensions from the Russia-Ukraine war, highlighting the wider security spillover to neighboring NATO allies.
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