Romanian warplanes on Friday and Saturday morning shot down two drones that were violating the country’s airspace.
On Saturday morning, the Romanian radar “detected another unauthorized penetration of the national airspace by a drone operating near the border of Ukraine” and two Romanian F-16 jets shot it down in an uninhabited area near the border, the Romanian defense ministry said. he said in the statement. Romania already shoot down another drone on Friday.
Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Toiu said that the drone shot down on Friday “was a Shahed drone, the same type that Russia is launching, night after night, against Ukraine.”
“Two attacks in 48 hours are not an accident, they are an example, and our response to that pattern is consistency: detection, capture, protection of our citizens, full transparency with our partners,” Toiu said.
In social media postEuropean Council President António Costa “commend(ed) the Romanian authorities for their quick and effective response.”
