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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Likely Russian drone hits a cell tower near Hirbovat in southeastern #Moldova, deforming its metal structures and burning its surfaces. Cell services were not affected, according to the Moldovan police […] [Original post on mas.to]

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

If I had a cent for every 'Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova is a small, landlocked country' that I spot in foreign media, I'd have a few hundred euros. I am not even angry about the boring part. #Moldova 🇲🇩

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Commented for Newsweek on the renewed sabotage targeting railway infrastructure in Europe, but also the Russian strikes on Ukraine's railways and rail passengers: “Cristian Vlas, from ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project) has told Newsweek that as […] [Original post on mas.to]

News Article
Europe on High Alert As Russia Sows Panic With Hybrid Attacks
Published on 18 Sep 2026, 12:05 PM EDT

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Tentative flight path of the #Russia Geran-4 drone that flew through #Moldova, eastern #Romania, and then crashed north of Balti yesterday, as mapped by ISW: understandingwar.org/research/russi…

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Russian jet-powered Geran-3/4 drone speeds through Bender and central Moldova closing its airspace, enters Romanian airspace near Iasi airport, and then returns to Moldova, crashing into a land north of Balti. www.mapn.ro/cpresa/19394_precizari […] [Original post on mas.to]

Pictures showing remains of a drone jet on a piece of land, which also caught fire

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Commented here on the impact of the Nord Stream sabotage case on Berlin-Kyiv relations, although clearly relations are affected more by Germany's reluctance to provide support to Ukraine, the frustration related to it, and the restraint to offer Ukraine a clear […] [Original post on mas.to]

A leader of the Alternative for Germany party, Tino Chrupalla, speaks at a protest in Berlin against the government, a week after the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions and next to a banner that reads, 'Nord Stream: Repair, open, secure' at a time of skyrocketing energy prices [File: Christian Mang/Reuters]

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Attempting to slow down Ukrainian exports, Russian drones hit a second checkpoint (Tabaky) this week on the #Ukraine #Moldova border, after hitting trucks in Reni a day before. Hits hint a switch to destroying border checkpoints to prevent any, not just grain, exports […] [Original post on mas.to]

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

2 #Romania F-16 jets destroy an explosive-laden naval drone meters away from the new Neptun Alpha drilling platform, 80 miles east of the port of Constanța. The drone was reported drifting at sea at 6:30 local time by a commercial vessel and is reportedly NOT of […] [Original post on mas.to]

Photo showing an uncrewed surface vessel floating at sea

Photo showing in the background an uncrewed surface vessel floating at sea near a drilling platform installation

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

After initially seeking asylum in Orbán's Hungary, the fugitive Polish politician Marcin Romanowski reports to Polish court about him currently living in Tiraspol, the biggest city in the Transnistrian region of #Moldova. Moldovan Police is trying to find out how he […] [Original post on mas.to]

Polish PM: Other countries confirm former MP is in Transnistria

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Ukraine’s drone campaign is dismantling Russia’s military supply network in the occupied south acleddata.com/report/ukraines-drone…

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Commented on the sudden change in #Romania tactics of countering #Russian drone incursions and the implications for the security of navigation around the Danube Delta. #Ukraine #Moldova […] [Original post on mas.to]

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

ACLED’s Research Manager for Eastern Europe, Olha Polishchuk, said: "Ukraine’s attack on an Iranian vessel is less about opening a new front against Tehran and more about disrupting supply routes between Iran and Russia." acleddata.com/expert-comment/why-wo…

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

Following Russian attacks on Ukraine's Odesa region, a stray Geran-type drone exploded upon landing near Copanca in southeastern #Moldova. Moldova's MFA firmly condemned Russia's violation of Moldovan airspace and its aggression against Ukraine […] [Original post on mas.to]

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

Until we get to process all the versions around the naval drone that exploded yesterday in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanța, we can take a look at the clearer picture of the Ukrainian drone overflights in the Baltic region and the Russian drone strike on an […] [Original post on mas.to]

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

Commented last week for BBC Verify on the ongoing "logistics lockdown" drone strike campaign launched by Ukraine on Russian logistics in occupied territories: "The strikes mean Russia has been forced to shorten convoys on supply routes as a "quick coping mechanism to […] [Original post on mas.to]

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

Early in the morning of 29 May, a Russian Geran-2 drone carrying an explosive charge struck the upper floors of an apartment building in the county seat city of Galați in southeastern Romania, injuring a child and a woman. The fire resulting from the drone strike […] [Original post on mas.to]

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-late… "The fact that it missed, Vlas said, is "a reminder of how Russia can use a sabre-rattling tool, such as Oreshnik […] [Original post on mas.to]

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Cristian Vlas @cristivlas.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

Russia’s shadow fleet is not only a sanctions-evasion network — it presents a sustained hybrid war threat at sea. To find more how, check out ACLED's latest report acleddata.com/report/russias-shadow… and don't […] [Original post on mas.to]

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