An unmanned aerial vehicle model Bayraktar TB2 with the insignia of the Ukrainian army was pulled out of the territorial waters between Sulina and Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania, two miles from the coast. It happened in mid-May, and Romanian authorities believe the drone took part in the battle over Snake Island on May 7th and 8th.
A ship of the Romanian Navy has removed the wreckage after receiving an order from the Romanian Ministry of Defense. On May 11th, the Romanian Ministry of Defense received information about “drone remains floating in the sea”.
After the remains were removed from the water, the Romanian Navy handed them over to the Romanian Air Force to follow a procedure to identify and investigate the circumstances in which they arrived in Romanian territorial waters. The drone pulled out of the water was unarmed.
Romanian media adevarul.ro writes that
“as a result of data on air traffic from the Black Sea region, the plane crashed in Ukrainian airspace, most likely during the actions between 7-8 May. The rest was later taken away by currents in Romania’s territorial waters, where it was spotted on May 11. Legal procedures are currently underway to notify the Ukrainian authorities of the situation.”
Source: Bulgarian Military