Three drones in three days: Romania reports downing of third UAV in a row
Romanian President Nicusor Dan has reported that another drone has been shot down over the country's territory by the Romanian Air Force – the third such incident in the past three days.
Source: Dan on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda
Quote: "This morning, at 10:13, an F-16 fighter from the Romanian Air Force shot down another drone over Romania's territorial waters in the Sulina-Kiliya area."
Details: The Romanian president thanked Romanian pilots and ground crews for the high professionalism, courage and efficiency with which they carry out their duties.
He also recalled that according to an investigation conducted by the General Prosecutor's Office, the drone shot down on the morning of 24 July is of the Shahed type used by the Russian Federation in the war against Ukraine.
Investigations into the drones shot down on Saturday and Sunday are ongoing.
"Romania's diplomatic protest to the Russian Federation will be based on the results of these investigations," Dan said.
"It is unacceptable and intolerable that the Russian Federation continues to violate Romania's airspace, which is also NATO and European Union airspace. Such actions are unacceptable, and we treat them with the utmost seriousness together with our allies," he stressed.
Background:
- Nicusor Dan previously reported that an enemy drone had been shot down at approximately 08:30 local time on 25 July, 10 kilometres west of the city of Sfantu Gheorghe.
- Romania's Ministry of Defence subsequently specified that this drone had been shot down by the same pilot who had shot down another drone on Friday.
- Romanian forces used a fighter jet for the first time to shoot down a drone on 24 July after it flew deep into the country's territory.
- Senior Romanian military officials reported that the downed drone had been visually identified as a Shahed-type device.
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