Along the western edge of Ukraine's war, a new geography of conflict is taking shape. Russian drones are crossing into Moldova and Romania with increasing frequency, grounding presidential aircraft, killing civilians at border crossings, and forcing two nations that believed themselves adjacent to the war to reckon with the possibility that they are now inside it. Whether by design or as a consequence of Russia's sprawling air campaign, the effect is the same: the boundaries that once separated the conflict from its neighbors are dissolving, and the question of how NATO and its partners respon
Russia's Drone Incursions Into Moldova and Romania Signal Deliberate Escalation
Two people killed and two wounded in a drone strike on the Starokozache border crossing on September 8; Moldova's defense minister warned Moldovan citizen deaths are now possible in future attacks.