{"id":610010,"date":"2026-05-29T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/610010\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:08:11","slug":"russian-drone-hits-residential-building-in-nato-member-romania-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/610010\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian drone hits residential building in Nato member Romania | Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Russian drone involved in an overnight attack on Ukraine<\/a> has hit a residential building in Nato member Romania, injuring two people, prompting swift condemnation and the threat of repercussions.<\/p>\n

Romania summoned Russia\u2019s ambassador on Friday, denouncing the \u201cirresponsible escalation\u201d by Moscow, in comments that were quickly echoed by other senior European officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will officially communicate the consequences that this lack of responsibility on the part of the Russian Federation will have for the diplomatic relations between our countries, as well as the next steps at the European level regarding sanctions packages,\u201d the foreign minister, Oana \u021aoiu, wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Romania\u2019s foreign ministry said it had asked Nato to accelerate the transfer of anti-drone capabilities, describing the incident as a \u201cgrave and irresponsible escalation\u201d and a \u201cserious breach of international law\u201d.<\/p>\n

The strike in Romania is the latest example of the war in Ukraine spilling beyond the country\u2019s borders, amid growing concern over Russia\u2019s wider campaign of hybrid warfare across Europe.<\/p>\n

It also came as Russia threatened to intensify its systematic strikes against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Romania\u2019s president, Nicu\u0219or Dan, said his country would not accept the war of aggression waged by Russia against Ukraine being transferred to its citizens. He said he had instructed the foreign ministry to prepare a package of measures regarding Romania\u2019s relationship with Moscow, \u201cproportionate to this very serious situation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Drone damage in Gala\u021bi. Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

France\u2019s foreign minister also denounced the incident. \u201cI want to condemn this irresponsible act by Russia,\u201d Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot told the broadcaster France Inter, adding that the drone had struck \u201ca country of the European Union and a Nato country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Romania\u2019s defence ministry said the drone was tracked by radar in Romanian airspace before crashing into the roof of a residential building in Gala\u021bi on Friday. The impact sparked a fire, injured two people and forced the evacuation of several residents.<\/p>\n

Police and emergency services responded at the scene. Gala\u021bi is on the Danube River, east of the borders with Moldova and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Forensic investigators at the scene. Photograph: Daniel Mih\u0103ilescu\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Romanian military scrambled two F-16 fighter jets and a helicopter authorised to engage targets, while emergency alerts were issued to residents in the affected areas.<\/p>\n

The governent reiterated that it had asked Nato to speed up the delivery of anti-drone systems to Romania.<\/p>\n

A Nato spokesperson condemned \u201cRussia\u2019s recklessness\u201d and said the alliance would strengthen its defences against all threats, including drones.<\/p>\n

The UN secretary general told the UN security council on Thursday that in the first four months of this year, more civilians have been killed in Ukraine than in the same period in 2025 \u2013 or 2024 or 2023.<\/p>\n

Debris on the street in Gala\u021bi, Romania, after a Russian drone hit a residential building and exploded. Photograph: Inquam Photos\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Ant\u00f3nio Guterres also called for greater diplomacy, immediate de-escalation and \u201ca full and unconditional ceasefire\u201d, warning of \u201cunknown and unintended consequences\u201d from the escalation and intensification of attacks.<\/p>\n

Russia has been using long-range ballistic missiles and drones to damage Ukraine\u2019s power grid and hammer cities, and Ukraine has been bracing for further heavy bombardments.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Thursday that he was pressing the US to provide additional Patriot air defence missiles to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks.<\/p>\n

Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Russian drone involved in an overnight attack on Ukraine has hit a residential building in Nato member…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-610010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}