[3] Following the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the minesweeper started working on neutralizing drifting naval mines in the Black Sea together with another 10 Romanian ships, two IAR 330 Naval helicopters, six maritime unmanned aerial vehicles, and three detachments of EOD combat divers.

[4] On 8 September 2022, Locotenent Dimitrie Nicolescu was sent on a mission to destroy a mine reported by the ship GSP Falcon.

Once it had arrived in the area and identified the mine, the hydrometeorological conditions worsened and the ship could not launch the onboard EOD diver team.

Although safety measures were taken after nightfall, the mine was carried adrift by the storm and hit the aft area of the ship.

After the hole was fixed and the flooding was contained, Locotenent Dimitrie Nicolescu was towed back to the port of Constanța on 9 September by the tugboats Grozavul and Vârtosul.