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A Russian kamikaze drone on Wednesday flew into NATO air space and detonated near a Romanian village, Ukrainian news reports said, but official Bucharest said the fact of the strike wasn’t confirmed and that they would check.

Ukrainian social media video recorded in the river port city of Izmail, opposite Plaura, showed an orange flash lighting up the night horizon and a booming blast on the Romanian side of the river. Flames and smoke reaching hundreds of meters into the sky were visible following the explosion. A Russian kamikaze drone strike against Izmail had been in progress at the time.

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 80 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Assuming this is just another mistake (likely), it seems like since Russian arms sometimes end up hitting NATO soil, that the reasonable course of self-defense is to extend their air defenses and shoot down arms that come near their territory. You can't know that the drone will go off target until it does, so you just have to shoot down anything heading in the general direction, even if it's likely targeting Ukraine.

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

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[–] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the reminder that English is dumb

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 31 points 3 months ago

I'm going to say the same thing that I said about the Polish incident. That incident only happened because Russia chose to attack Ukraine in an area directly bordering on another country. Izmail is also right across the border. I'll wait on more dependable sources for an investigation, and I'm certainly not agitating for an escalation on NATO's side. At the same time, if Russia's bombing campaign ultimately results in foreseeable casualties outside of the country, I put the blame on Russia. Ukraine has the right to defend itself.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

WAR CRIMB PROSECUTOR

I’m sorry comedic disassociation is the only way I can cope with heavy shit like this

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seems to be a separate incident from the earlier hit near Grindu (ro)/Reni (ua) in the same area. Hopefully "just" crashes from the drones getting knocked out above Ukraine.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Might also be GPS jamming combined with Russia targeting near the border that threw the drone's navigation off.

The drone hit outside of a Romanian village near a river which is a weird target, unless maybe Russia is posturing to intimidate NATO. But it's probably just GPS jamming.

[–] martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 months ago

That explains, but doesn't excuse, the action.

[–] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

seems like someone is making a jazz solo in the war drums set.

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