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Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tîlvăr confirmed that parts of a Russian drone fell on the territory of Romania.

CNN's Antena 3 TV noted that the parts of the drone were found in the area of Plauru settlement in Tulcea county, after Russia carried out several attacks in recent days on the Ukrainian ports of Izmail and Reni, located near the border with Romania.

After more than two weeks stuck in a Black Sea traffic jam of cargo ships waiting their turn to enter the Danube River delta to pick up Ukrainian grain, the Egyptian seamen finally reached solid ground last weekend and replenished their diminishing stock of fresh water and food.

Russian drones damaged port infrastructure in Odesa and targeted capital Kiev from several directions, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday.

The army said it repelled Iraninan-made Shahed-136 drones launched from the Sea of Azov through the Black Sea that were aimed at the Odesa region.

An initiative for the construction of a bridge between Serbia and Romania at the entrance to the Djerdap Gorge was signed in Golubac.
Mayors of the seven border municipalities believe that this would contribute to the faster development of the Danube region.

President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, visited the works on the construction of a high-speed road from the Poarevac interchange, via Veliko Gradite, to the municipality of Golubac.
On the first section of the high-speed road, work is being carried out on the construction of a new bridge over Velika Morava.

President of Serbia went on a tour of the fortress. The restoration of the Fetislam fortress took two years, EU representative said during the tour.
"This will be a special attraction. The Turks did this, and the Europeans rebuilt it," emphasized Vui.

BELGRADE - The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (PKS) hosted on Thursday in Belgrade a Serbia-Romania business forum attended by 43 Serbian and 31 Romanian companies.

PKS representative Mihailo Vesovic said Serbia had welcomed a Romanian business delegation for the first time in a decade.

Ukraine's deepening of a canal in the Danube Delta to boost exports is fuelling political tensions in Romania.

Romania and Bulgaria plan to build two hydropower plants on the Danube to be used jointly on the model of the Iron Gates hydropower plants operated jointly by Romania and Serbia, according to a document published on Tuesday by the Bulgarian government.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Ukraine hopes to export 500,000 tons of grain per month through the Danube after the liberation of Snake Island