The drone that fell in the Romanian county of Bistrita was a research drone, it was launched from the territory of Ukraine, Romanian Defense Minister Vasile Dyncu said.
Earlier, the press service of the Bistrita County Police reported that a local resident found an unidentified drone in his yard, the case was referred to the prosecutor’s office.
“This is not a very large drone, a toy drone, about a meter wide, it is a research drone, it did not contain explosives. Obviously, we do not know where it came from, this is a Soviet-made drone, it was not used in armaments of the armies, it was withdrawn from operation after 1989,” Dyncu said on the Digi 24 TV channel.
The Minister of Defense admitted that he was informed about the incident by a local resident. At first he thought that this was a joke of the model club of the Bistrica district, because the minister himself was born in these parts.
Romanian Defense Ministry says crashed drone came from Ukraine
