Media Day of “DACIAN FALL 2025” Exercise

Media Day of "DACIAN FALL 2025" Exercise

More than 5,000 soldiers with 1,200 means of equipment from ten allied states - Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain - are participating, between October 20th and November 13th, 2025, in DACIAN FALL 2025 (DAFA 25) Multinational Exercise held on Romanian and Bulgarian territories.

Planned by Multinational Division South-East Headquarters (MND-SE HQ) in Bucharest, the exercise takes place simultaneously in Cincu, Smârdan, Capu Midia, Babadag, Bogata, Alba Iulia, Hanu Conachi, Giarmata, Cârțișoara (Romania) and Novo Selo (Bulgaria) Training Areas.

Media access to the events scheduled to be conducted in Cincu Firing Range:

November 8th - "Time in the Box" Phase - activity dedicated to the multinational field training.

November 12th- MEDIA DAY.

November 13th - Distinguished Visitors' Day (DV-Day), the main event of the exercise, with the participation of the national and allied military and civilian leadership.

The Public Relation Office of the HQ MND-SE will provide timely details with regard to the journalists' accreditation and the schedule of activities. Point of contact: Major Corina BURSUC, phone number 0720.584.518

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Military equipment convoys will continue to travel on national roads throughout this period, between the main training areas where the exercise is conducted, and the main forces of Multinational Division South-East Headquarters (MND-SE HQ) will deploy to these areas on Friday, October 24th.

The Romanian authorities, in cooperation with the NATO allies, have taken all necessary measures to ensure the safe conduct of transportation, limit the impact on road traffic and provide appropriate information to the population in transit areas.

DAFA25 aims to operationally integrate the participating forces provided by the contributing nations, mainly France and Romania, and marks the final stage of the temporary scale up of the NATO Battle Groups in Romania and Bulgaria to brigade-size units.

The French troops and means of equipment participating in the exercise have successfully arrived on Romanian territory, concluding the strategic movement phase, and the contributing nations' troops, including the Romanian ones, are moving to the training areas, in order to be integrated into the command structures, intended to ensure interoperability and efficient coordination among the participating nations. The exercise will then continue with the execution phase, which will test the capacity to plan, conduct and synchronize operations under the command of NATO's Headquarters Multinational Division South-East.

NATO exercises, including DAFA25, have a defensive nature and are conducted in full compliance with the international commitments undertaken by Romania.

The Press Office