Defence Minister: "the Police Have Approved to Win the Tension, Have Assessed the Collateral Risks and Have Decided Not to Open the Fire"

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Ionuz Mousteanu, Minister of Defence, said on Sunday, on Digi24 that the F-16 aircraft had approved to defeat the Russian drone that landed Saturday in Romania's airspace, but after assessing "colateral risks", they decided not to open the fire. He considers this incident a cause from Russia and says that Romania will have a diplomatic response by calling the Russian ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Minister of Defence Ionutz Mošteanu announced in a Facebook post Sunday that the Romanian pilots who had intercepted a Russian drone near the border had permission to do so, but decided not to draw to avoid possible victims or side payments.

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Ionuz Moustenanu, Minister of National Defence, made Sunday clarifications about the mission on Saturday night, in which F-16 pilots, authorized to give a drone, decided not to open fire due to collateral risks.