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Fragments of a Shahed-type drone were found in Moldova in a field two kilometers from the country’s border with Ukraine, the Moldovan Border Police reported<\/strong><\/a> on Feb. 17.<\/p>\n According to the border police, drone debris was found near the village of Etulia, a Moldovan border settlement some 15 kilometers northeast of the Ukrainian Danube port of Reni and almost 40 kilometers northwest of Izmail.<\/p>\n Access to the area where the drone parts were located has been restricted, the police said.<\/p>\n The discovery comes a week after Moldova found a warhead<\/strong><\/a> containing 50 kilograms of explosives near the crash site of a Russian Shahed drone. Chisinau suspected the drone was shot down by Ukrainian air defense during a Russian attack<\/strong><\/a> against Odesa Oblast overnight on Feb. 9-10.<\/p>\n Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said<\/a><\/strong> in a press conference on Feb. 14 that the radar systems Moldova received from France<\/strong><\/a> in December 2023 cannot detect Shahed drones.<\/p>\n Previously, Russian drone strikes against Odesa Oblast led to drone debris being falling<\/strong><\/a> on Romanian soil in the autumn of 2023. In response, Bucharest implemented additional security measures<\/strong><\/a> in the border region, which included building shelters and air defense systems.<\/p>\n Read also:<\/b> Ukraine pins hopes on home-made drones to counter Russia<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019ve been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent<\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n