{"id":1090,"date":"2026-06-05T16:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:08:57","slug":"drone-explodes-in-romanian-port-as-ukraine-blames-russia-for-jamming-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1090","title":{"rendered":"Drone explodes in Romanian port as Ukraine blames Russia for jamming it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>BUCHAREST, June 5 (Reuters) &#8211; A sea drone self-destructed near an oil terminal in Romania&#8217;s Black Sea port \u200cof Constanta on Friday, without causing casualties, as Ukraine said Russia jammed the vessel causing it to drift off course.<\/div><div>The explosion was the second major incident in a populated area in Romania on NATO&#8217;s eastern flank within a week as the spillover threat from the war in Ukraine increases.<\/div><div>Ukraine&#8217;s navy said one of its drones lost control in the \u200bBlack Sea as a result of Russian electronic warfare. It contacted Romania to warn them and prevent casualties, it said.<\/div><div>Romanian Defence Minister Radu \u200bMiruta said that warning allowed a timely evacuation.<\/div><div>President Nicusor Dan pinned the blame on Russia and said another \u2060three drones that Ukraine lost control of had also detonated off the coast and there was no longer any danger.<\/div><div>&#8220;The entry \u200bof this drone into Romanian sovereign space is a direct consequence of the war waged by Russia against Ukraine,&#8221; the Romanian leader \u200bsaid on social media accounts.<\/div><div>The explosion took place a week after authorities said a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in the southeastern Romanian city of Galati, near the border with Ukraine, injuring two people &#8211; the first time in the war that a drone has struck a densely populated area \u200bin a NATO state.<\/div><div>Following the latest incident, Russia&#8217;s embassy in Romania said on Friday it was not involved and the drones were not Russian.<\/div><h2>PORT IS ROMANIA&#8217;S LARGEST, \u200bKEY FOR UKRAINE<\/h2><div>The Black Sea is crucial for shipments of grain, oil and oil products and is shared by Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Turkey, \u200cas well \u2060as Ukraine and Russia.<\/div><div>The Constanta port is Romania&#8217;s largest, with 156 berths and 32 km (19 miles) of quays. Ukraine has been using it as an alternative grain export route, as well as for fuel imports.<\/div><div>Romania&#8217;s defence ministry said the drone exploded at 10:30 a.m. (0730 GMT), around four hours after it was alerted to its presence. It detonated 500 metres away from an oil terminal.<\/div><div>The port was evacuated and over 1,000 people were removed from beaches on \u200bthe Black Sea and the nearby \u200bDanube Delta as a precaution, \u2060while ships and two helicopters surveyed the area for additional drones, deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat told a briefing.<\/div><div>Restrictions were lifted later in the day after no other risks were detected.<\/div><h2>OFFICIALS WARN OF \u200bTHREAT OF WAR TO EU&#8217;S EAST<\/h2><div>European Union member Romania shares a 650 km (400 miles) land border \u200bwith Ukraine and \u2060has seen Russian drones repeatedly breach its airspace as well as mines float across key trade and energy routes since Moscow&#8217;s full-scale invasion four years ago.<\/div><div>Earlier this week, Romania&#8217;s navy detonated a Russian YaRM-type anti-landing mine that had drifted to shore.<\/div><div>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on X \u2060that Russia&#8217;s \u200bwar was increasingly becoming a direct threat to countries on Europe&#8217;s eastern border.<\/div><div>&#8220;This \u200bincident shows once again that Russia\u2019s ongoing full-scale aggression poses a threat not only to Ukraine, but to the entire region,&#8221; a spokesperson for Ukraine&#8217;s foreign ministry said \u200bon X.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Luiza Ilie\" class=\"wp-image-369\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/039d7113687f2836275ce7b9b2059c57.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Luiza Ilie<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1088\">US judge invalidates Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1086\">US jobs report tilts hawkish as Warsh takes over at Fed<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1084\">US terrorist label for Brazil gangs risks higher business costs<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sea drone self-destructed near an oil terminal in Romania&#8217;s Black Sea port \u200cof Constanta on Friday, without causing casualties, as Ukraine said Russia jammed the vessel causing it to drift off course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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