It is stated that after the attack, ferry traffic was suspended.
“Last night, Russian Shahed-type attack drones attacked the international ferry border checkpoint Orlivka, located at the border between Ukraine and Romania. The drones hit the checkpoint building and territory. Fires broke out due to the attack. The fires were localized by the State Emergency Service personnel,” the report says.
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Currently, registration of persons and vehicles at the crossing point is temporarily suspended. The neighboring country has been informed about the situation. Vehicles are being redirected to other crossing points.
As officials indicated, this is not the first strike on this border checkpoint.
Last summer, Russia intensified its strikes on the Odesa region, including border checkpoints at the Ukrainian state border.
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On the night of August 25, the international border checkpoint Vynohradivka, located at the border with Moldova, was attacked. Infrastructure was damaged – travel of citizens and vehicles through this checkpoint had to be suspended.
A few days earlier, Russian forces launched Shahed drones at the Bolhrad and Izmail districts, hitting the infrastructure of the Tabaki border checkpoint with Moldova. It was reported that fires broke out after the strike, and the border checkpoint infrastructure was damaged.
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