Romania Evacuates Constanta Port After Sea Drone Self-Detonates
Authorities evacuated more than 1,300 people and found no casualties after the drone detonated near an oil terminal, officials said.
- On Friday, a marine drone of the type used in the war in neighboring Ukraine self-detonated near an oil terminal at Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta, with no casualties reported by the defense ministry.
- This incident follows a drone strike late last month on a residential building in Galati that injured two people, marking the first attack on a NATO state's populated area during the Russia-Ukraine war.
- Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat ordered evacuations and deployed two helicopters to survey the area; the drone found near the Romanian Agency for Human Life Saving at Sea contained explosives.
- "We now know there is the risk of self-detonation, we have evacuated in case there are more drones," Arafat said, as authorities sealed off the surrounding port area for investigation.
- Recurring incursions have sparked international concern, with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer previously condemning Russian strikes as a "serious violation of NATO airspace.
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No one hurt in maritime drone explosion at a Romanian Black Sea port
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