On Sunday, Romania strongly condemned the Russian drone into its airspace during attacks on neighboring Ukraine. According to Bucharest, Moscow’s “new challenges” for the Black Sea are “new challenges”. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
- Romania sentenced the Russian drone into its airspace.
- This disruption is a new challenge for regional security.
- The EU expressed solidarity with Romania about this incident.
- Romanian fighters watched a drone not recording the threat to the population.
NATO Member State “It strongly condemns the irresponsible action of the Russian Federation and emphasizes that it is a new challenge for regional security and stability in the Black Sea area”the Ministry of Defense said in its statement. Added that “Such incidents testify to the lack of respect for the Russian Federation against international law”, writes AFP.
EU chief EU diplomacy Kaja Kallas also condemned reports on the Russian drone on Romanian territory. “The disruption of the Romanian airspace is just another intervention in the sovereignty of the EU Member State,” Kallas wrote on the Platform X. “This continuing escalation threatens regional security. As a sign of solidarity, we stand alongside Romania. I am in close contact with the Romanian government,” she stressed.
The incident occurred after Poland condemned this week Disruption of its airspace with Russian drones and called on Moscow to avoid “further provocations”. Bucharest sent two F-16 fighters on Saturday night to monitor the situation when “the presence of a drone was recorded in the national airspace”.
The fighters watched the drone until he “disappeared from the radar” near one of the border villages, the ministry said. Unmanned aircraft “did not fly over inhabited areas and did not pose an immediate threat to the safety of the population”, It is stated in the opinion. Romanian fighters “supported the German allies … two eurofighter Typehoon aircraft, which also monitored the situation.
“The drone penetrated into the Romanian territory to a depth of about ten kilometers and operated in NATO airspace for about 50 minutes,” Written on Saturday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Genskyj on the Platform X. Romania has found repeatedly the ruins of unmanned aircraft since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on its territory. According to AFP, the Romanian Ministry of Diplomacy stated that “the UN General Assembly will open the question of Russia and will insist on strict international compliance”.
