Police cordon near the site where a drone fell in Moldova
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Drone Found 100 Meters From Home in Moldovan Village

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A drone has been found in the Moldovan village of Kishtelnytsia, where it fell about 100 meters from a residential house. According to preliminary police information, nobody was injured.

Police and sappers at the scene

A local resident of the village in the Telenești district reported the find to police, European Pravda reported, citing Newsmaker. Officers who arrived at the site cordoned off the area and are keeping residents safe, and sappers have also been sent to the scene. They will examine the object and establish all the circumstances of the incident.

Earlier drone incidents in Moldova

Earlier on October 23 it was reported that, amid Russian attacks on Ukraine, a drone had violated Moldovan airspace; the aircraft twice disappeared from the radars of the Moldovan Ministry of Defense. Moldovan police also found the wreckage of a drone that fell and exploded on October 16 in a field between the villages of Kodreni-Noi and Skaiany in the Dondușeni district.

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