NATO Condemns Russian Drone Strike on Romanian Flats

Putin preparing his invasion of Western Europe, now that his income stream has increased?

7 minutes ago, JimHuaHin said:

Putin preparing his invasion of Western Europe, now that his income stream has increased?

How would he invade Western Europe when the entire Russian economy and military is fully engaged in Ukraine? A stupid comment, unless you were being ironic. No, this is highly likely to be an unfortunate accident, and like the stray Ukrainian drones and missiles, that they always say aren't theirs, an unfortunate but inevitable consequence of the war. Still, it gives NATO the chance to do some sabre-rattling of its own, and reiterate its tired mantra of defending every inch of territory. Personally, I am surprised that this kind of incident is not more frequent, considering the volume of drones launched by both sides, and the close proximity of NATO members to the conflict.

Smack a drone factory in Russia: eye for an eye. I believe in treating Putin gently, but first you have to get his attention.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Speaking during a visit to Galați, Dan said one drone from a group of 43 incoming aircraft appeared to have been struck above the Ukrainian city of Reni, changing its trajectory before it crossed into Romania.

Romanian military officials stressed that their forces face operational restrictions because they cannot fire weapons into Ukrainian airspace.

Authorities also sought to reassure residents that Romania had not been deliberately targeted, describing the incident as a consequence of fighting taking place close to the border.

The above paragraph is the most important bit..

And also don't mention/condemn the deliberate Ukrainian drone attack on the academic building and dormitory of a college of the Lugansk Pedagogical University in Starobelsk.

If there’s no retaliation, expect more. Forget the rules, get into the gutter with Putin and show him what NATO really is!

1 hour ago, Summerinsiam said:

How would he invade Western Europe when the entire Russian economy and military is fully engaged in Ukraine? A stupid comment, unless you were being ironic. No, this is highly likely to be an unfortunate accident, and like the stray Ukrainian drones and missiles, that they always say aren't theirs, an unfortunate but inevitable consequence of the war. Still, it gives NATO the chance to do some sabre-rattling of its own, and reiterate its tired mantra of defending every inch of territory. Personally, I am surprised that this kind of incident is not more frequent, considering the volume of drones launched by both sides, and the close proximity of NATO members to the conflict.

One thing: Russia has not spent all its arsenal yet. While NATO has been watered down for years, Russia has been on a war economy and living in a war state for a long time.

So yes, it is a good thing we have Ukraine on our side. Without them, Europe would already be facing a much harder reality.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Speaking later on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had only recently learned of the incident and suggested the drone wreckage be handed to Russia for an independent investigation.

He would make an excellent court jester.

5 hours ago, JimHuaHin said:

Putin preparing his invasion of Western Europe, now that his income stream has increased?

They keep telling us that Russia is a paper tiger about to collapse economically is running out of men and munitions not advancing slowly but steadily westwards through Ukraine has no washing machines or ball bearings..and at the same time is preparing to invade Europe.... ?

errr something doesn't add up in my mind with this narrative.

5 hours ago, johng said:

They keep telling us that Russia is a paper tiger about to collapse economically is running out of men and munitions not advancing slowly but steadily westwards through Ukraine has no washing machines or ball bearings..and at the same time is preparing to invade Europe.... ?

errr something doesn't add up in my mind with this narrative.

It's AN political science at its best ...

9 hours ago, Hummin said:

So yes, it is a good thing we have Ukraine on our side. Without them, Europe would already be facing a much harder reality.

That's true the whole point was to use the Ukrainians to fight and weaken Russia

hoping that along with the economic sanctions Russia would collapse (again) and the vultures could sweep in an break the country into smaller territories ( Balkanisation) taking bits and pieces here and there except it hasn't worked yet.. but no doubt they'll continue to the last Ukrainian.

Hopefully they also condemned the Ukraine strike on a student dormitory in Luhansk that killed 21 adolescents.

25 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Hopefully they also condemned the Ukraine strike on a student dormitory in Luhansk that killed 21 adolescents.

Blowing up schools seems to be a thing in this war

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/more-340-educational-facilities-damaged-or-destroyed-ukraine-year

14 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Hopefully they also condemned the Ukraine strike on a student dormitory in Luhansk that killed 21 adolescents.

Oh you mean that Russian drone pilot training school?

The story is not correct. NATO bears most of the responsibility for this conflict anyway so their condemnation is meaningless

12 hours ago, Summerinsiam said:

How would he invade Western Europe when the entire Russian economy and military is fully engaged in Ukraine? A stupid comment, unless you were being ironic. No, this is highly likely to be an unfortunate accident, and like the stray Ukrainian drones and missiles, that they always say aren't theirs, an unfortunate but inevitable consequence of the war. Still, it gives NATO the chance to do some sabre-rattling of its own, and reiterate its tired mantra of defending every inch of territory. Personally, I am surprised that this kind of incident is not more frequent, considering the volume of drones launched by both sides, and the close proximity of NATO members to the conflict.

Unfortunately you're wrong.

Russia has learned they can't make any more progress on the front line without sacrificing many more lives than they have available without full mobilization, and the Putin regime considers full mobilization political suicide. So what Russia is doing now to Ukraine is pure terrorism, trying to deflate the morale of Ukrainian civilians in the hope that they rise up and force their govenment to surrender. That won't work.

HOWEVER, there are known soft spots in the Baltics that right now Russia could go in and take a lot of land. That's a real threat because that would provide propaganda win for the Putin regime to deflect from the increasing perception even in Russia that Russian can't win in Ukraine.

As far as western Europe in general. Russia takes hostile actions every day against western Europe but that's not the same thing as active military attacks.

So, the Romanian PM is now saying that it's Ukrainian drone, NOT Russian.

8 hours ago, rice555 said:

So, the Romanian PM is now saying that it's Ukrainian drone, NOT Russian.

Shush, you're breaking the narrative

repeat 100 times 'Russia bad'. 😋

10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Unfortunately you're wrong.

Russia has learned they can't make any more progress on the front line without sacrificing many more lives than they have available without full mobilization, and the Putin regime considers full mobilization political suicide. So what Russia is doing now to Ukraine is pure terrorism, trying to deflate the morale of Ukrainian civilians in the hope that they rise up and force their govenment to surrender. That won't work.

HOWEVER, there are known soft spots in the Baltics that right now Russia could go in and take a lot of land. That's a real threat because that would provide propaganda win for the Putin regime to deflect from the increasing perception even in Russia that Russian can't win in Ukraine.

As far as western Europe in general. Russia takes hostile actions every day against western Europe but that's not the same thing as active military attacks.

Your obsession with Putin clouds your judgement. You see the malign fingerprints of your bogeyman everywhere. Russia is indeed conducting a hybrid war against the west, but given its lethal support for Ukraine this is unsurprising. The stray drone in question is not part of this. Nor would Russia invade the Baltics as you suggest, as it is too overt and would likely invite a NATO response. You forget that there have been numerous incidents where Ukrainian drones and missiles have landed on NATO territory. Zelensky always denies they are Ukrainian, even when proven otherwise. And no, they are not all down to Russian jamming. That has been debunked too. As I stated, most probably an unfortunate consequence of the war.

4 hours ago, Summerinsiam said:

Your obsession with Putin clouds your judgement. You see the malign fingerprints of your bogeyman everywhere. Russia is indeed conducting a hybrid war against the west, but given its lethal support for Ukraine this is unsurprising. The stray drone in question is not part of this. Nor would Russia invade the Baltics as you suggest, as it is too overt and would likely invite a NATO response. You forget that there have been numerous incidents where Ukrainian drones and missiles have landed on NATO territory. Zelensky always denies they are Ukrainian, even when proven otherwise. And no, they are not all down to Russian jamming. That has been debunked too. As I stated, most probably an unfortunate consequence of the war.

Thanks for piping in Boris.

Trump probably wouldn't want to help the Baltics. Putin may test that. Putin's goals include dividing and ending Nato.

Putin is now very desperate so.more dangerous, unpredictable, and likely to take crazy risks.

As far as drones

16 hours ago, gargamon said:

Oh you mean that Russian drone pilot training school?

According to Ukraine. This is a war and truth is always a casualty. Was it the headquarters of Russia's elite "Rubicon" military drone unit as Ukraine claims or a civilian dormitory as Russia claims? One a legitimate target the other not. Claim and counter claim come from both sides when it comes to strikes. As for the UN they can't say one way or the other with this particular strike because Luhansk is occupied territory.

16 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Hopefully they also condemned the Ukraine strike on a student dormitory in Luhansk that killed 21 adolescents.

No they haven't and won't because in their world only Russia can do wrong.

Should be taken seriously.

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

According to Ukraine. This is a war and truth is always a casualty. Was it the headquarters of Russia's elite "Rubicon" military drone unit as Ukraine claims or a civilian dormitory as Russia claims? One a legitimate target the other not. Claim and counter claim come from both sides when it comes to strikes. As for the UN they can't say one way or the other with this particular strike because Luhansk is occupied territory.

Who you gonna believe? Ukraine or Russia? My money is on Ukraine. Believing Putin is like believing Trump. Only a fool/idiot cult member would do it.

41 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Who you gonna believe? Ukraine or Russia? My money is on Ukraine. Believing Putin is like believing Trump. Only a fool/idiot cult member would do it.

Putin did terrorism against his own people just to get into power. Of course you can't believe one word out his genocidal mouth.

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According to multiple national governments,^[20][21][22] international organisations,^[23] independent experts and media outlets,^{[24][25][26][27]} Russia and its ally Belarus are committing genocide against the Ukrainian people as part of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, including the Russian annexation of Crimea, the war in Donbas, and especially in the wake of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent occupation and annexation of Ukrainian territory. Scholars and commentators including Eugene Finkel,^[28][29] Timothy Snyder^[30] and Gregory Stanton;^[31] and legal experts such as Otto Luchterhandt^[32] and Zakhar Tropin,^[33] have made claims of varying degrees of certainty that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine. A comprehensive report by the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights^[34] concluded that there exists a "very serious risk of genocide" in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Genocide scholar Alexander Hinton stated on 13 April 2022 that Russian president Vladimir Putin's genocidal rhetoric would have to be linked to the war crimes in order to establish genocidal intent, but it is "quite likely" that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine.^[31] War crimes committed by Russian forces include the Bucha massacre, sexual violence,^[35] extrajudicial killings, torture, looting,^[36] and the establishment of "filtration camps" to facilitate the large-scale deportation of Ukrainians to Russia.

Seems this drone was hit by Ukrainian air defence, possibly EW, and sent off course.

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Romanian President Nicușor Dan stated that the Russian drone which struck an apartment building in the city of Galați was hit by Ukrainian air defenses, which altered its original trajectory. The drone was part of a swarm targeting Ukrainian infrastructure before diverting into Romanian airspace.

On 5/30/2026 at 11:18 PM, rice555 said:

So, the Romanian PM is now saying that it's Ukrainian drone, NOT Russian.

Lies!! It is confirmed, also by him, that the drone was a Geran-2 type Russian drone.

On 5/30/2026 at 11:18 PM, rice555 said:

So, the Romanian PM is now saying that it's Ukrainian drone, NOT Russian.

Romanian President Nicușor Dan stated that the Russian drone which struck an apartment building in the city of Galați was hit by Ukrainian air defenses, which altered its original trajectory. The drone was part of a swarm targeting Ukrainian infrastructure before diverting into Romanian airspace.

So the intent WASN'T to hit the apartments. The target was within Ukraine but the [Russian] drone was knocked off course.

12 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Romanian President Nicușor Dan stated that the Russian drone which struck an apartment building in the city of Galați was hit by Ukrainian air defenses, which altered its original trajectory. The drone was part of a swarm targeting Ukrainian infrastructure before diverting into Romanian airspace.

So the intent WASN'T to hit the apartments. The target was within Ukraine but the [Russian] drone was knocked off course.

Intent is irrelevant. It was a Russian drone. It shouldn't have been in Romanian air space.

2 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Intent is irrelevant. It was a Russian drone. It shouldn't have been in Romanian air space.

It was in Romanian airspace because it was knocked off course when it was in Ukrainian airspace and intent is indeed relevant as the target WASN'T the apartment building.

2 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

It was in Romanian airspace because it was knocked off course when it was in Ukrainian airspace and intent is indeed relevant. The target WASN'T the apartment building.

Yada yada yada. Again irrelevant...