Drone strikes by Russia on Ukrainian ports along the Danube River have been on the rise since mid-July, after the Kremlin pulled out of a United Nations-backed grain deal. Now, drone fragments similar to the drones used by the Russian military are being found in nearby Romania.
Officials from the Romanian port of Constanta say grain traffic has increased 30 per cent over last year. But that increase in ship traffic has coincided with an increase in drone attacks.
Ukraine's deputy prime minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, said that since July 18, more than 100 Ukrainian port facilities have been damaged in Russian attacks. The Romanian government quickly dismissed the claims, but two days later it acknowledged that debris from a drone had been found. Local media published pictures of the presumed blast site in the forest, where charred trees stood beside a crater in the dirt.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the drone strikes demonstrate the risks of "incidents and accidents" and that an investigation was underway.
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