Russian Drone Bomb Breaches Romanian Airspace

Another Russian drone breached NATO airspace connected Saturday, September 13, this clip complete Romania during an onslaught connected Ukraine successful nan evening, nan Romanian authorities has confirmed. 

The incident occurred astir 6.23pm section clip erstwhile 2 Romanian F-16 combatant jets detected nan drone complete an uninhabited area of Tulcea, astir 20 kilometres from nan Ukrainian border. The drone later vanished from radar, according to Romania’s Ministry of Defence, which stated that Romanian rule permits nan downing of immoderate unauthorised craft entering its airspace.

Russian warfare games connected Belarus-Polish separator pinch drones, missiles and different hardware

The usurpation follows a akin incident 3 days earlier, erstwhile Poland changeable down aggregate Russian drones for breaching its airspace. In consequence to nan ongoing threat, Poland deployed subject craft and closed nan airdrome successful nan eastbound metropolis of Lublin. The Polish Operational Command said connected X that nan measures were taken owed to nan consequence of drone attacks successful Ukrainian regions bordering Poland. Polish and allied aircraft, on pinch ground-based aerial defence and radar systems, were placed connected precocious alert to guarantee airspace information and protect its citizens, peculiarly successful areas adjacent nan threatened zone. The usurpation of Romanian airspace comes arsenic Russian troops amass connected nan separator betwixt Belarus and Poland successful a war games exercise.

The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) announced that Lublin airdrome and surrounding airspace were closed to civilian aerial postulation arsenic a impermanent precautionary measure. NATO forces stay connected precocious alert, intimately monitoring nan business and prepared to respond immediately.

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