Posted on 05/30/2026 4:17:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In some parts of Europe, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine can feel like a distant threat. But in Romania, that war is right next door and increasingly dangerous.
In Galati, there is an apartment block with a hole in the roof that proves it.
Residents have just begun returning to check on their homes, after an attack drone slammed into the building early on Friday as dozens of people slept.
It sparked a fire and panic.
We climbed 11 floors up to the roof on Saturday to see where the drone punched through the concrete. There's a jagged hole, a couple of metres wide, now covered with plastic.
The flat below was badly damaged, and a woman and her teenage son remain in hospital with bruises and minor burns.
But it's clear the consequences of this strike could have been far worse: the drone hit the lift shaft on the roof, which absorbed much of the blast.
"It was really very terrifying," says Costel Patrichi, a resident who's in charge of the building. "But if the drone had hit the side, it could have destroyed a whole floor or more."
He describes how his phone buzzed with an alert that morning just before 02:00, warning of the danger: a drone was approaching from the Ukrainian border a few miles away.
Moments later came the bang.
"They told us we..."
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I am curious how many people here actually believe the insinuations in this crap article.
Tell that little scumbag Zelensky to surrender already sheesh.
Such bullshat. LOL
I smell another “Ghost of Kiev” BS story.
The War Pig lost its Iran Grift and is now back to its Ukie Grift.
Bots gonna Bot.
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