Four fighterstwo Spaniards and two Romanians, took off this Friday in Romaniain response to a Russian drone attack on neighboring Ukraine during which one of these unmanned devices entered Romanian airspace.
As reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Balkan country in a statement, military surveillance radars detected at three in the morning this Friday the entry of one of the Russian drones into the airspace of Romania, where He stayed for three minutes before leaving the area.
In reaction, two F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force dThey took off from Air Base 86 in Borcea, while others did the same. two F-18 fighters, belonging to the Spanish Air Forcefrom Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base 57. Both bases are located in eastern Romania, near the border with Ukraine.
Eight F-18 Hornet fighters of the Spanish Army were deployed as part of the enhanced air surveillance (eAP) mission of the NATO.
At least three civilians died in the region of Odessa when their homes were hit by Russian drones in a massive attack on the Ismail district, in the south of the Odessa region, according to the regional Military Administration of Ukraine in a statement.
The Danube River port located in Ismail is a usual target of Russian attacks with Russian Shahed kamikaze drones.
In its statement, the Ministry of Defense “strongly” condemned these Russian attacks against civilian targets and Ukrainian infrastructure and considered “that they are unjustified and constitute a serious violation of international law.”
On September 18, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, He asked Bucharest that Romania analyze the possibility of shooting down Russian drones near the airspace between the two countries.
Romania, which it shares with Ukraine a border of more than 600 kilometers, It has been a member of NATO since 2004.
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