On 11 February 2024, Moldovan border police found fragments of a Russian drone in Etulia.

On the night of 9 to 10 February, Russia had launched an attack with drones against Ukraine's Izmail Raion.

Moldovan border police reported that the drone was suspected to have crashed in Moldova after being shut down by Ukrainian air defense forces.

[3] On 17 February, fragments of a Russian drone were again found in Moldova, near the village of Etulia Nouă.

(Tülüküü, demir yolu), located near the railway station of Etulia has the following ethnic structure according to the 2004 Moldovan Census:[6]