US EditionRomania Scrambles Nato Jets After Deepest-Ever Drone Incursion, Calls It Russian Provocation
Romanian and German NATO jets tracked a Russian drone over 100 km inland; Romania reported 13 airspace breaches since Russia's 2022 invasion, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Romanian and German NATO fighter jets were scrambled after a drone penetrated deeper into Romanian airspace than ever, Bucharest described the incident as a Russian provocation.
- Regional tensions have risen in recent months after suspected Russian drones breached NATO airspace along Europe’s eastern flank, and Romania reported repeated incursions since Russia's 2022 invasion.
- German Eurofighters initially tracked the drone in Tulcea county, additional Eurofighters followed it over 100 km inland toward Vrancea county, and fragments recovered lacked an explosive charge.
- Later, the army scrambled two Romanian F-16 fighter jets after radar showed a second airspace breach in Galati county, and residents of three counties were warned to take cover.
- Romanian soldiers and other alliance soldiers have trained to employ the new counter‑drone capability, tested and in final stages, expected soon in the Danube Delta.
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The Defence Minister, INUZ Moustenou, said last night at Digi24 that he spoke to the German pilots who left behind the Russian drones, he told them, along with the Romanians, that the drone was difficult to be intercepted because suddenly disappearing from the radar, leaving at a time in the territory of Romania, after he returned. The Defence Minister reiterated that the pilots did not need any order to deliver the aircraft from the commandant …
Romanian and German fighter jets have scrambled in the airspace along the Ukrainian border with Romania, chasing a drone that had penetrated the furthest Romanian airspace ever. Bucharest has called the incident a Russian provocation.
Romania scrambles Nato jets after deepest-ever drone incursion, calls it Russian provocation
Defence Minister Ionut Mosteanu said Nato pilots nearly shot down the drone, which repeatedly entered the alliance member’s airspace, but refrained due to concerns about causing damage on the ground, according to a report
NATO Pilots Confront Russian Drone Intrusion in Romania
Romanian and German NATO jets responded to a deep drone incursion into Romanian airspace, deemed a Russian provocation. The drones, entering in daylight for the first time, breached Romanian territory before retreating. The incident highlights escalating tensions on Europe's eastern flank amid ongoing US-Ukraine discussions about a war resolution.
Was it another provocation by Vladimir Putin? The Nato country of Romania had to warn its population on Tuesday after a drone had violated its own airspace. According to reports, it was used for an attack on Ukraine.
With a border war, Romania is armed with the Watchkeeper X system, which includes some of the most modern surveillance and attack drones. Aircraft without a pilot have been built by a company...
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