Ceatalchioi
Commune
Location in Tulcea County
Location in Tulcea County
Ceatalchioi is located in Romania
Ceatalchioi
Ceatalchioi
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°17′N 28°47′E / 45.283°N 28.783°E / 45.283; 28.783
CountryRomania
CountyTulcea
SubdivisionsCeatalchioi, Pătlăgeanca, Plauru, Sălceni
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Tudor Cernega[1] (PSD)
Area
108.06 km2 (41.72 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
531
 • Density4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
827040
Vehicle reg.TL
Websitewww.primariaceatalchioi.ro

Ceatalchioi is a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Ceatalchioi (Turkish: Çatalköy), Pătlăgeanca (historical name: Principesa Ileana), Plauru (historical name: Lascăr Catargiu), and Sălceni.

September 2023 explosions

During the evening of September 3, 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, multiple Russian drones of Iranian production Shahed-136, that were supposed to hit a target in Izmail, on the Ukrainian side of the Danube, crashed and detonated on the Romanian side, close to the village of Plauru (45°19′43.9″N 28°48′13″E / 45.328861°N 28.80361°E / 45.328861; 28.80361). As the area the detonations took place is uninhabited, the incident went unnoticed, and it was the Ukrainian government who announced the explosion of Russian drones in Romania.[3]

Initially, the Romanian government denied the event taking place, but on September 4, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine published a video showing the explosions taking place on the Romanian side. The Ukrainian government informed the Romanian government and a search party was commenced. As Romania is a NATO member state, it was believed that the government is denying the incidents to avoid an escalation of the events. However, fragments of a first drone were found in the area close to the Danube shore days later, confirming that a Russian drone detonated in Romania. The Romanian president Klaus Iohannis had a phone conversation with Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of NATO, after the incident, which publicly stated that "Romania has full NATO support.".

Parts of a second drone were found on September 9 in the immediate vicinity of the village of Plauru and the third on September 13 in the area of the village of Victoria in the commune of Nufăru, 15 km from the Romanian-Ukrainian border, which spread over several tens of meters, confirming that multiple drones were detonated on Romanian soil.[4] The Ukrainian Air Force recorded that the Russia launched several groups of attack UAVs from the area of the Chauda training ground (occupied Crimea) and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation).[5] Journalists on the site began questioning locals, who stated that they often saw Russian drones flying over their houses, giving clues that it may not have been the first time Russia violates Romanian airspace.

Similar incidents already took place in Moldova, Poland, and Belarus, countries not involved directly in the conflict. Romania became the second NATO country to be affected, after Poland. Coincidentally, Poland and Romania were the countries to be the most threatened by Russian politicians, because of their proximity and NATO membership.[6][7][8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ↑ "OSINT analysts geolocate detonation site of Russian drone in Romania". Military. 2023-09-06. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Elements of a possible drone were identified in zona Nufărul and Victoria areas". Ministry of National Defence. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Russians launch drones in southern regions and intensify tactical aircraft operations" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainska Pravda. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  6. ↑ "Російські "Шахеди" влучили по території Румунії, каже Україна. Бухарест заперечує" (in Ukrainian). BBC. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  7. ↑ Higgins, Andrew (2023-08-11). "Tras un ataque ruso en Ucrania, cristales rotos y nervios a flor de piel en Rumania". The New York Times (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  8. ↑ "У МЗС заявили, що російські дрони Shahed-136 вночі вибухнули в Румунії – країні НАТО: карта" (in Ukrainian). LIGA.net. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  9. ↑ "Вибух "шахедів" у Румунії. Міноборони країни видало суперечливі пресрелізи щодо ситуації" (in Ukrainian). LIGA.net. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  10. ↑ "Міноборони Румунії зробило заяву щодо падіння російського БПЛА на їхню територію" (in Ukrainian). НСТУ. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
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