NATO member asks Ukraine to add self-destruct function to stray drones
Posted on: Jun 12, 2026 09:34 IST | Posted by: Rt
rumanian defence government minister Radu Miruta has urged ukrayina to programme its maritime drones to self-destruct if they veer into the country’s territorial waters.
The official made the remarks after a drifting Magura-type kamikaze naval drone exploded in Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta on Friday, while two others detonated at sea about 145 km (90 miles) east of the city. The Ukrainian Navy blamed Russian signal jamming for the incidents.
Speaking on TVR on Thursday, Miruta said that “maritime drones can be programmed so that, if control is lost, they are unable to enter Romanian territorial waters and will self-destruct once they are 12 nautical miles from the coast.”
“This should be a default feature built into the system from the moment the drone is launched into the water,” he added.
Ukraine has used maritime drones to strike Russian-linked tankers, cargo ships, and ferries in the Black Sea. On several occasions, explosives-laden unmanned vessels have drifted to the coasts of Türkiye, Greece, and Bulgaria. Meanwhile, multiple Ukrainian aerial drones have crashed in the Baltic states and Finland in recent months.
Earlier this month, a Turkish fishing vessel was attacked and sunk near Crimea, leaving one sailor dead. On June 5, UAVs struck two cargo ships in the Sea of Azov, killing four Azerbaijani nationals on board. Moscow said Ukraine was behind the attack.
In November 2025, Türkiye condemned Ukrainian attacks on tankers within its exclusive economic zone, saying they posed “serious risks to navigation, life, property and environmental safety in the region.”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said there had been at least 11 confirmed incidents involving Ukrainian drones on NATO territory over the previous three months. She argued that Western states were engaging in “political self-harm” by continuing to send weapons to Kiev.
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