RomaniareportedaviolationofitsairspacebyaRussiandrone,promptingthedeploymentoftwoF-16warplanestointerceptit.
ARussiandroneviolatedRomania'sairspaceduringnight-timeattacksonneighbouringUkraine,theNATOmembersaid,urgingMoscowtostopwhatitdescribedasanescalation,News.AzreportscitingEuronews.TheincidentoccurredasRussiacarriedoutattackson“civiliantargetsandportinfrastructure”acrosstheDanubeRiverinUkraine,Romania'sMinistryofNationalDefencesaid.
RomaniadeployedF-16warplanestomonitoritsairspace,andNATOallieswerekeptinformed,theministrysaid.Romanianemergencyauthoritiesalsoissuedtextalertstoresidentsoftwoeasternregions.
Preliminarydataindicatestheremaybean“impactzone”inanuninhabitedareaneartheRomanianvillageofPeriprava,theministrysaid.Itaddedthataninvestigationisunderway.
FragmentsofaRussiandronewerediscoverednearthetownofPlauru,whichissituatedacrosstheDanubeRiverfromUkraine’sporttownofIzmail.
TheRomanianDefenceMinistrystronglycondemnedtheRussianattacksonUkraine.
