| Date | 31 Oct 2026 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Incursion |
| Location |
Iași County, Romania
47.27, 27.22 (approximate) |
Moldova's Ministry of Defence said a drone entered national airspace at 16:24 on 31 October 2026, during massive Russian attacks on Ukraine, from the direction of Ukraine's Odesa region and vanished from radar near Țibirica, Călărași district, at 16:54; a second crossed the north from the Vinnytsia region between 17:50 and 18:12. Romania's Ministry of National Defence said two drones entered north-eastern Romania without authorisation, one from the direction of Moldova. Four F-16s and an IAR-330 helicopter took off, RO-Alert warnings went to six counties and Iași and Suceava airports closed. One drone left Romanian airspace; the other was last seen between Vaslui and Bacău. No crash was reported, and no authority named an operator.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | Strike | Russian Geran-4 drone crosses northern Moldova and falls near homes at Chiștelnița |
| 1 Nov 2026 | Incursion | Drone, most likely a Russian Geran, enters eastern Latvia and leaves for Russia as a BLAZE interceptor drone is launched |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Incursion | Drone enters eastern Latvia and is tracked by two interceptor drones over Balvi and Ludza |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Incursion | Unidentified drone crosses Moldovan airspace between Camenca and Vărăncău for two minutes |
Moldova's defense ministry counted 19 airspace violations in October, and GlobalMilitary.net's incident log, which records only established incursions, holds 31 Moldovan entries for 2026 against Romania's 32, most of them since August.
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