Romania again scrambled F-16 fighter jets and issued a public alert on Wednesday evening, February 25, after a Russian drone briefly entered its airspace during renewed attacks on Ukrainian Danube ports, the Defense Ministry said. Authorities reported no casualties or damage.<\/p>\n
According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Federation launched new aerial strikes on February 25 targeting Ukrainian port infrastructure along the Danube River. Romanian military radar systems detected a drone operating near the national airspace, prompting the preventive activation of air defense systems.<\/p>\n
Thus, at approximately 5:50 p.m., two F-16 fighter jets stationed at the Fete\u0219ti Air Base were deployed in line with standard air policing procedures. At 6:07 p.m., authorities issued a RO-Alert warning to residents in northern Tulcea County.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe unmanned aerial vehicle briefly entered national airspace in the area of the locality of Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe, without endangering people\u2019s lives, and exited north of Sulina, flying only over territorial waters,\u201d reads the ministry\u2019s statement<\/a>. \u201cAlert measures ended around 6:45 p.m., and no aerial vehicle debris was identified in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n The ministry strongly condemned the continued Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, calling them a serious violation of international law and a threat to regional security.<\/p>\n