Romania Reports Drone Breach as NATO Scrambles Jets
The drone entered Romanian airspace for about 50 minutes, prompting F-16s to track it closely but not engage due to collateral risk concerns, amid rising regional security tensions.
- Romania's defence ministry reported a breach of airspace by a Russian drone during Russian attacks on Ukraine.
- The drone was detected 20km south-west of Chilia Veche but did not pose an imminent danger to populated areas.
- Two F-16 jets were monitoring Romania's border with Ukraine when the drone was detected, according to Romania's defence ministry.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the drone incursions indicate an 'obvious expansion of the war by Russia.
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Romania, a member of NATO and the EU, alerted the weekend that a Russian drone entered its airspace, just three days after 19 Moscow aircraft raided the Polish sky, another partner of the Atlantic Alliance.Read more]]>
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