A Ukrainian sea drone exploded Friday in Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta without causing injury, officials said, and the Ukrainian navy blamed Russian jamming for knocking the device off course.
The sea drone was “of the type used in the war in Ukraine” and not part of the Romanian military’s inventory, Bucharest’s defence ministry said in a statement, adding the device “self-destructed around 10:30 am (0730 GMT) without causing any casualties”.
Ukraine confirmed the device was one of its naval drones, saying it had been knocked off course by Russian electronic interference.
“While carrying out missions in the Black Sea operational area, one of the Ukrainian Navy’s unmanned surface vessels came under the influence of the enemy’s electronic warfare systems, lost control, and ended up near the coast of Romania,” Ukraine’s navy said.
Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Georgii Tykhyi said Kyiv “informed the Romanian side in a timely manner of
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