Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced this morning that Bucharest is prepared to offer its military bases as part of security guarantees for Ukraine, while explicitly stating Romania will not send troops. Separately, Ukrainian naval drones eliminated five elite Russian naval divers in Novorossiysk bay yesterday after a drone, having lost contact due to Russian electronic warfare, detonated during a recovery operation. The fire at the Novosakhtyn Factory of Oil Products, the sole oil refining enterprise in Russia's Rostov region, continues to burn actively for over a day, with total tank volume exceeding 210,000 cubic meters. According to a statement referenced on X by NOELreports, the Romanian defense ministry emphasized that the nation's air force infrastructure serves as a key NATO hub on the alliance's eastern flank for deterrence and defense. In the Novorossiysk incident, also reported by NOELreports via X, the Ukrainian drone attacked a PDSS team sent to recover it after it drifted due to EW interference, resulting in the deaths of all five divers. Reports indicate that Russian forces have been attempting to extinguish the fire at the Novosakhtyn Factory of Oil Products for more than 24 hours, with video evidence showing tanks still burning intensely. The scale of the incident is significant given the total volume of over 210,000 cubic meters across the affected tanks.
