Romanian residents injured by Russian drone
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Nato and the EU condemn Russia after a drone crashed into a Romanian apartment block, injuring two people. Speaking on Newshour, Romania’s foreign minister, Oana Toia, said the incident was a provocation by Russia.
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(Photo: Romanian law enforcement officers work on the site of an explosion at a residential block of flats following a drone hit close to the border with Ukraine, in Galati, Romania. Credit: Inquam Photos/George Calin/Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.1 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.8 | Coming to you live from London, I'm Regini Vaidenarvan. |
| 0:20.7 | The sound of a Russian drone as it crashed into a Romanian apartment block on Thursday night. |
| 0:26.9 | Romania's foreign minister spoken to NewsHour. |
| 0:29.7 | She says she summoned the Russian ambassador in response to what she describes as a provocation. |
| 0:35.3 | We'll bring you that interview in a moment. |
| 0:38.5 | But first, let's hear from residents close to where it happened. Well, I think it's another provocation by the Russians. |
| 0:44.7 | I don't believe this was an accident. This has happened too many times for the Russians to be |
| 0:49.3 | doing this by accident. Either that or they're highly incompetent at waging war. But NATO needs |
| 0:55.8 | to do something about this. |
| 0:58.4 | I am thinking Russian peace is slowly reaching here in Romania. I am Ukrainian. And what happened |
| 1:03.4 | here? In Ukraine, there are hundreds like these all night. King people, children, the elderly. |
| 1:09.2 | One fell here. And Romanians and the European Union must |
| 1:11.7 | continue to draw attention so the Russians understand they can't do such a thing. |
| 1:16.9 | Well, that drone fell in Galatz, and the Romanian journalist Valentin Trufashu lives there. |
| 1:23.7 | He was two kilometres away from that apartment building. |
| 1:30.6 | He visited it today and he sent us this voice note. |
| 1:35.8 | I was at the apartment building in Galatz, hit by the Russian drone today. |
| 1:39.3 | People are starting to be scared by what is happening, |
| 1:43.4 | but also angry at the authorities and the army for failing to shut down the Russian drones that enter |
| 1:46.5 | Romanian airspace. They find it downright incredible that within a month two Russian drones |
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