At the edge of Romania’s Danube delta on the border with Ukraine, in the village of Plauru, cows graze in flat, marshy fields. The hum of drones cuts through the night, followed by explosions that rattle windows and shake people out of their beds. View image in fullscreen Tulcea, the largest Romanian city closest to the Ukrainian border and through which the Danube passes. Photograph: Andrei Popoviciu/The Guardian“For more than three years we have lived with war over our heads. “If a drone is 500 metres from the Ukrainian border, depending on its trajectory, you can risk engaging it over Ukrainian territory,” he said.

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2026 14:23 UTC