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A commercial vessel was struck by a drone in Romania’s territorial waters

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14 November 2026, 10:41
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The Larissa cargo ship was hit by a drone on Friday evening in Romania’s territorial waters, approximately 6.8 nautical miles northeast of the village of Sfântu Gheorghe. According to the Ministry of National Defence, the impact was reported at 21:40.

The ship’s captain informed the naval authorities in Sulina that none of the crew members had been injured and that the impact had not caused a fire. The drone reportedly destroyed the cargo crane of the ship. The vessel was heading toward the Sulina port roadstead, on its way to Ukraine.

The incident occurred in the context of another aerial target being detected near Snake Island on Saturday morning. As a precautionary measure, two Romanian F-16 aircraft took off from the 86th Fetești Air Base.

The authorities issued two RO-Alert messages for residents in the eastern and northern parts of Tulcea County, at 4:45 and 5:39. The air alert ended at 5:52. The Ministry of National Defence did not specify whether the two incidents were related.


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Context: Înainte de incidentul cu cargoul Larissa, au mai avut loc atacuri și alerte legate de drone în zona Mării Negre

Anterior, în noptea de 14 spre 15 octombrie, sistemul radar al Ministerului Apărării Naționale a detectat un grup de ținte aeriene în apropierea Insulei Șerpilor, iar o dronă a pătruns în spațiul aerian românesc la sud-est de Sulina; pentru monitorizare au decolat avioane F-18 spaniole, iar ulterior au fost ridicate și două F-16 românești. Autoritățile au transmis un mesaj RO-Alert pentru populația din nordul și estul județului Tulcea, iar alertarea aeriană a încetat după câteva ore.

Totodată, au fost raportate și incidente maritime în care nave au fost avariate sau incendiate după lovituri cu drone: o navă cargo aflată la circa 40 de mile marine de Constanța a explodat și a luat foc, iar o altă navă, Wine Trader, avariată grav lângă Sulina, a fost lovită de drone, după ce în zonă s-au semnalat și un incendiu anterior. În aceste cazuri, intervențiile au vizat recuperarea echipajelor și evaluarea situației, iar autoritățile au anunțat reacții și anchete pentru clarificarea circumstanțelor.

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