At night, January 17, the Russians attacked the Izmail district of the Odessa region with attack drones. After this attack, traces of a possible drone strike were discovered in Romania, the country's Ministry of National Defense reported..

“On the morning of January 17, Russian troops resumed a series of drone strikes on civilian targets and port infrastructure in Ukraine near the border with Romania in Tulcea County. Monitoring and surveillance systems of the Ministry of National Defense recorded a violation of Romanian airspace,” the Ministry of Defense noted..

In this regard, at 1:35 a.m., the country's Air Force scrambled two F-16 fighters into the sky to monitor the situation in the airspace. The sky patrol lasted about two hours. Around the same time, the population in Tulcea County was notified of a possible threat from the air..

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“Teams from the Ministry of National Defense conducted field searches and found traces of a possible drone strike outside the village of Plaura, close to the border. The area has been fenced off, and teams consisting of MApN, SRI and MAI specialists will collect evidence and conduct an investigation in accordance with procedures,” noted the Romanian Ministry of Defense.

It is indicated that the department's team will continue to monitor the airspace and search in areas where dangerous situations arise in connection with such incidents.

“The Ministry of National Defense strongly condemns these attacks by the Russian Federation against Ukrainian civilian objects and infrastructure, which are unjustified and seriously contrary to international law,” the Romanian defense ministry concluded.

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On the morning of January 17, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that one of the drones with which the Russians fired at Ukraine left our airspace and flew in the direction of Romania. In general, the Russian Federation launched fifty Shahed-type attack UAVs and simulator drones of various types across Ukraine this night. Of these, 33 were beaten by our sky defenders, nine were lost in location.