The Bucharest authorities said that an unarmed UAV surveillance drone of a type used by Russian forces in Ukraine crashed in northern Romania. A Soviet-produced reconnaissance UAV crashed in Bistrita county in northern Romania, 100 kilometres from the border with Ukraine. Romanian Defence Minister Vasile Dincu said on Monday evening that the drone that crashed near a village in Bistrita County in northern Romania was a reconnaissance UAV that did not have any explosives on board. “It’s not a very big drone. It’s a drone toy, a metre and a bit wide. It is a search-information drone and did not carry explosives,” Dincu said. He said that it fell in the village of Rachitele on Sunday and was found by children. The Russian-made drone, Orlan-10, gathers information and identifies targets. It has been used by Russian forces in the conflict in eastern Ukraine since 2014 and in the war in Syria. Dincu said he has spoken with Ukrainian officials about the drone. Romania is trying to identify where was launched as the model only has medium-range flying capability and could only have come from Ukraine’s territory.
via balkan insight: Russian-Made Drone Crashes in Romania Near Ukraine Border