The Romanian Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that the country’s airspace was disrupted during the Russian drone attack on the infrastructure of neighboring Ukraine. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
- Russia disrupted the Romanian airspace with drone attacks.
- Romania deployed F-16 fighters to monitor the situation.
- The drone penetrated into the Romanian territory of approximately 10 kilometers.
- The unmanned aircraft did not endanger the safety of the population.
- Romania has seen several drone accidents since the beginning of the invasion.
Bucharest sent two F-16 fighters on Saturday night to monitor the situation after being “The presence of a drone in the national airspace”. The fighters were monitored by a drone until he “disappeared from the radar” near one of the border municipalities, the ministry said. Unmanned aircraft “did not fly over inhabited areas and did not pose an immediate threat to the safety of the population”is stated in the opinion. The authorities were ready to start a search for “possible ruins”.
“According to current data, the drone penetrated into the Romanian territory to a depth of about ten kilometers and operated in NATO airspace for about 50 minutes,” Written by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greenable on Platform X.
The incident occurred after Poland condemned the disturbance of its airspace by Russian drones this week and called on Moscow to avoid “further provocations”. Romania has seen several drone accidents in its territory since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
