Can someone pls ELI5 why an upper middle income member of NATO that hosts multiple US military bases has to burn through its own defense budget fending off Russian drones? How is the US and/or NATO helping? These aren't rhetorical questions.

Euromaidan Press

Romania spent about €1.5 million in three days shooting down three Russian drones It's the exact cost trap Ukraine spent two years escaping next door, driving its cost-per-intercept down with cheap interceptor drones, machine-gun fire groups, and old cannons euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/28/r...