Romania’s defense ministry reported that its radar systems detected a small flying object, presumed to be a drone, intruding into national airspace up to 6 kilometers inland in the southeastern Tulcea County late Thursday. This EU and NATO member, which shares a 650-kilometer (400-mile) border with Ukraine, has experienced incidents of Russian drone debris landing on its territory multiple times over the past 18 months due to Moscow’s assaults on Ukrainian port facilities.

The radar initially detected the object at 1904 GMT, approximately 15 kilometers east of Chilia Veche in Tulcea County. Authorities informed the local population to seek shelter and initiated procedures to deploy fighter jets; however, the radar lost track of the signal by 1909 GMT.

The ministry stated that there is currently no information regarding any potential impact on national territory. In October, radar systems had also detected multiple drone signals on different occasions violating Romanian airspace, but fighter jets were unable to visually confirm them, and no crash sites were found. Officials suggested that these incidents could be attributed to cyber interference.