第3048期:A Russian drone hits a house in Romania

第3048期:A Russian drone hits a house in Romania

From 英语每日一听 | 每天少于5分钟 by 晨听英语

June 12, 2026 · 1 min · Episode 2

About this episode

The episode discusses a Russian drone crash in Romania and the subsequent military response and safety concerns among citizens.

A Russian drone crashed into a 10-story residential building in the Romanian city of Galați overnight, and injured a woman and a child. This incident caused great panic among local citizens, who now feel unsafe. 一架俄罗斯无人机在夜间坠毁并撞上了罗马尼亚城市Galați的一栋10层住宅楼，造成一名女性和一名儿童受伤。该事件在当地居民中引发了极大恐慌，许多人因此感到不安全。 Romania quickly scrambled F-16 fighter jets, and the pilots had permission to shoot, but they couldn’t destroy the drone in time. Officials explained that the city is located very close to the Ukrainian border, which gave the military only a few minutes to react. Furthermore, advanced fighter jets like the F-16 are designed for air combat, which makes it very difficult to target small, low-flying, and slow drones. Shooting them down over a large city could also cause dangerous debris to fall on civilians. 罗马尼亚迅速出动了F-16 Fighting Falcon战斗机，飞行员也获得了可以开火的授权，但仍未能及时击落该无人机。官方解释称，该城市距离乌克兰边境非常近，军方只有几分钟的反应时间。此外，像F-16这样的先进战斗机主要用于空战，对付体积小、飞行高度低且速度慢的无人机非常困难。而且在大城市上空击落无人机，也可能导致碎片坠落，对平民造成危险。 While Moscow denied the drone was Russian, Romania is now urgently demanding more NATO air defense equipment. NATO is taking the situation very seriously, as drone incursions into member states like Latvia and Lithuania…

Topics covered

  • drone incidents
  • military response
  • NATO defense
  • Romania
  • safety concerns

Keywords

  • Russian drone
  • Romania
  • Galați
  • NATO
  • F-16
  • military response
  • safety
  • Ukrainian border
  • drone incursions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NATO, Moscow

Products: F-16 Fighting Falcon

Places: Romania, Galați, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania

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