In 2026, 97 drone attacks were recorded near Romania's border and 35 drones entered Romanian airspace without authorisation.

Omissions

• The exact 2026 breakdown (97 attacks / 35 unauthorised incursions) appears in a single secondary press report; the Ministry of National Defence website publishes only cumulative multi-year totals (164 attacks near the border, 54 unauthorised airspace accesses in total), so the figure could not be checked against a primary, period-specific MoD statement.
• Official counts published in early October 2026 were lower (84 border-area attacks and 30 unauthorised airspace entries as of 27 September / 3 October 2026), confirming that the speaker's figures are a later year-to-date snapshot; the exact cut-off date of the 97/35 count is not stated in the claim.
• The claim does not mention that four to six drones were shot down by Romanian forces in 2026 and that these incidents represent the large majority of all such incidents recorded since February 2022, context that strengthens rather than weakens the security argument.
• No source published on or before the session date giving the precise 97/35 breakdown was retrievable within the search budget; the corroborating report is undated in the retrieved metadata.

Sources

• PrimaryRomanian Ministry of National Defence (english.mapn.ro)"Attacks near the border: 164 ; Scrambled Aircraft: 112 ; Unauthorized Access: 54 ; Drones shot down: 6 ; Drone/identified fragments: 81." (cumulative totals; no 2026-only breakdown published on the page)
• SecondaryFakti.bg (English edition)"... 97 attacks were registered near the border in 2026, 77 times in response fighter jets were scrambled, 35 unauthorized airspace incursions ..."
• Secondarylb.ua (English edition)"Since the start of 2026, Romania has recorded 84 drone attacks on targets in Ukraine near the Romanian border. It has also recorded 30 cases ..."