New drone wreckage discovered in Moldova

27.09.2026, 13:26◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

Moldovan border guards on Saturday evening, September 26, found the wreckage of an unmanned aerial vehicle in the Stefan-Vode area. — Ukrinform.

New drone wreckage discovered in Moldova

"The territory was immediately surrounded toclarify all the circumstances of the incident. The Border Police, in cooperation with other competent authorities, constantly monitors the situation and maintains liaison with the competent authorities of Ukraine. We ask citizens not to approach or touch the wreckage of aircraft, ammunition or other unknown objects.

It should be noted that on the same day, the Ministry of Defense said that the aircraft illegally entered the airspace of Moldova in the direction of the settlement of Novokotovsk in the Transnistrian region.

On September 26, Russian Ambassador to Moldova Oleg Ozerov admitted at one of the events that drones flying over Moldova could be Russian. At the same time, according to him, Russia's goal is Ukraine, not Moldova.

Details

As Ukrinform reported, the Moldovan police found the "Geran-4" marking on some elements of the drone found in the Brychanskyi district on September 24.

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Context

According to the border police, the wreckage of the drone was found by the border guards at about 20.25 after receiving information from local residents.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022 and until now, Moldova's airspace has been violated 81 times by Russian and Iranian missiles and drones, including baits.

What's next

According to the publication, two minutes later, at 11.18, the object left the country's airspace, crossed the border in the direction of Pervomaisk, and then continued its movement towards the village of Limanske in the Odesa region.