Experts of the Bombteh Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit neutralized the explosive discovered near Etulia village of Vulcănești district, where the drone fragments fell, IPN reports.

To ensure safe intervention, the specialists took the explosive to the shooting center in Vulcănești, where a controlled detonation was performed. “The area where the drone fragments were found was completely cleaned and no longer poses any danger to public safety,” reads a press release of the Border Police.

Shahed drone fragments were detected on February 11 close to the Moldovan-Ukrainian border, near Etulia village. The Border Police said that according to the Ukrainian authorities, a drone strike took place on the night of February 10 on Ismail region in Ukraine, near the border with the Republic of Moldova. There are suspicions that the detected drone debris belongs to one of the drones that were shot down by the Ukrainian antiaircraft system. At the place where Shahed drone fragments were detected, specialists found the drone’s combat part that contained about 50 kilograms of an explosive substance.