Romanian President Nicușor Dan has confirmed that a drone struck and sank the commercial vessel KHORYV near Constanța, marking a significant escalation in the Black Sea security picture. This special SIGACT edition breaks down what’s now confirmed, what still isn’t, and the NATO decisions that could follow.

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Romania is accelerating Black Sea surveillance, mine-countermeasure, and counter-drone capability while NATO works to turn its reinforcement package into operational assets. Today’s NATO Morning SITREP also covers Russia’s latest ballistic-missile attacks on Ukraine, Ukraine’s new access to NATO procurement, the partial restoration of satellite services, Lithuania’s new mobile radars, and the key developments to watch through the weekend.

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Bulgaria is adding more air-defense capability in the Black Sea, Russia says it’s willing to return to U.S.-mediated talks with Ukraine, and Germany has raised its military sabotage threat assessment. Today’s NATO Morning SITREP breaks down what those developments mean, why infrastructure protection is becoming a bigger part of NATO defense, how Latvia is testing next-generation counter-drone systems, and what to watch over the next 72 hours.

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