Romania scrambled F-16 fighter jets on the evening of 25-26 December as Russian forces attacked Odesa Oblast with drones.

Supply: Romanian Ministry of Defence, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Romanian Ministry of Defence mentioned that at 01:05 on the evening of 25-26 December, two F-16 fighter jets from the 86th Air Base in Fetești have been scrambled to watch the air state of affairs within the border space with Ukraine within the north of Tulcea County.

The ministry's air surveillance system detected teams of drones launched by Russia in the direction of Ukrainian ports on the Danube.

At 01:23, residents within the northern a part of Tulcea County acquired an air-raid warning.

In the course of the mission, the fighter jets didn’t document any incursions into Romania's nationwide airspace. The plane returned to base and landed safely at 03:15.

Background:

• Romanian President Nicușor Dan mentioned in late December, on the finish of his go to to Paris, that Romania is able to shoot down drones that violate the nation's airspace.
• Romania's Supreme Council of Nationwide Defence in September accomplished the event of methodological frameworks for making use of laws on taking pictures down drones and navy plane that violate the nation's airspace.
• On 17 December, the Danube Fee, an organisation comprising representatives of Danube states, determined to determine a Register of Injury from Russian Aggression on the Decrease Danube.

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