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  • Sep 1

    Damaged drone found in Vaslui County field 30 km from Moldovan border

    Romanian authorities and intelligence pyrotechnics deployed to Viișoara on Tuesday after a local resident found a damaged drone in a field 30 kilometres from Moldova.

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