NATO member Romania builds shelters to protect citizens from Russian drone attacks

The government has warned people in eight villages to take cover in the shelters if they hear an air raid alert.

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00:00 The Romanian defence ministry has begun building shelters along parts of the border with Ukraine

00:06 after the area was showered with debris from Russian drones.

00:10 Residents in eight villages on the Danube Delta have been advised to go to the concrete

00:14 bunkers if warned by the authorities.

00:16 "It is 1.5 meters high, so the residents should be in a sitting position to be able to have

00:30 a place here.

00:31 It is about 10 meters long and these sand bags are specially placed here to absorb the

00:40 shock in case of an explosion."

00:47 Two such bunkers have been set up in a Romanian village near the Ukrainian border.

00:51 Officials say they can't guarantee people's safety if they stay at home.

00:56 "We are talking about safe areas that are much safer than houses of war.

01:01 These are concrete areas that will be protected and people can stay there for an hour or two

01:13 until the air alarm goes off."

01:14 A third incident involving Russian drones occurred recently.

01:15 This time a helicopter from the Romanian Air Force conducted a reconnaissance and identification

01:19 mission.

01:20 Debris was found more than 20 kilometres away from the Ukrainian border, as our correspondent

01:25 from Euronews Romania reports.

01:28 "We have found many pieces of debris, very small, that look like they are made of carbon

01:35 fiber, not far from this pit, from the place where the piece of debris fell."

01:46 The drones found were not detected by radars.

01:48 An initial report from the Ministry of Defence shows no evidence Romania, a NATO member country,

01:53 was intentionally attacked in any of the incidents.

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