{"id":259490,"date":"2026-08-11T21:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/russian-drones-found-near-vital-european-offshore-gas-site-get-blown-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:20:11","slug":"russian-drones-found-near-vital-european-offshore-gas-site-get-blown-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/russian-drones-found-near-vital-european-offshore-gas-site-get-blown-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Romanian army divers used explosives to destroy two Russian-made drones found floating in the Black Sea near Romania\u2019s largest natural gas project, according to the NATO member country\u2019s defense minister.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister Radu Miru\u021b\u0103 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2535405280216704\">posted a Facebook video<\/a> supposedly showing one of the drones being blown up in the water by explosive ordnance disposal divers of the Romanian army on August 11, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/romania-destroys-drones-drifting-near-major-offshore-gas-project-black-sea-2026-08-11\/\">reported by Reuters<\/a> and other news outlets. The drones were first spotted in the water by a ship working in the vicinity of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omvpetrom.com\/en\/about-us\/what-we-do\/our-projects\/neptun-deep\">Neptun Deep<\/a>\u2014an offshore gas project under development in the Black Sea that will make Romania the largest gas producer in the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>A Romanian Coast Guard ship that responded with army soldiers aboard found two drifting Gerbera-type drones of Russian design along with other debris. Miru\u021b\u0103 also disclosed that Romania had reached out to \u201cUkrainian partners who confirmed that the systems do not belong to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/romania-destroys-russian-drones-drifting-near-vital-european-offshore-gas-site\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/romania-destroys-russian-drones-drifting-near-vital-european-offshore-gas-site\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian army divers used explosives to destroy two Russian-made drones found floating in the Black Sea near Romania\u2019s largest natural gas project, according to the NATO member country\u2019s defense minister. 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