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 "slug": "russian-geran-2-drone-galati-apartment-block-first-civilian-injuries-nato-soil",
 "title": "Russian Geran-2 Drone Hits Apartment Block in Galați; First Civilian Injuries from Drone Incursion on NATO Soil",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/russian-geran-2-drone-galati-apartment-block-first-civilian-injuries-nato-soil/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/russian-geran-2-drone-galati-apartment-block-first-civilian-injuries-nato-soil/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-05-29T19:32:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T19:34:08.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGalați, 29 May 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * A Russian Geran-2 drone, part of a 232-drone barrage on Ukrainian infrastructure, struck the roof of an apartment block in Galați early on 29 May; a 53-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy suffered burns from a resulting fire\n * First civilian casualties from a Russian drone incursion on NATO airspace since 2022; twenty-eighth confirmed breach of Romanian airspace over the period\n * Romanian F-16s scrambled with authorisation to engage but did n",
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 "tags": [
  "grey-zone-hybrid",
  "russia-ukraine-conflict",
  "nato-eu-defense-initiatives",
  "drones-uav",
  "central-eastern-europe"
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 "sources": [],
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  "nato",
  "russia",
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