Seventh Airspace Breach: Drone Crosses Near Palanca, Exits Toward Tudora in Five Minutes

An aerial object entered Moldovan airspace at 17:38 local time on August 26 near the village of Palanca in Ștefan Vodă district, coming from Ukrainian territory, before re-entering Ukraine near the settlement of Tudora at 17:43, heading toward Hradenytsi in Odesa Oblast. Moldova's Defence Ministry said the flight occurred amid a fresh wave of Russian air attacks on Ukraine. No debris fell on Moldovan territory and no casualties were reported. It was the seventh confirmed breach of Moldovan airspace since August 9, coming a day after the Vynohradivka border-checkpoint strike.