Romania scrambles four fighter jets due to drone incursion
Radar surveillance systems operated by Romania's Ministry of National Defence detected two unmanned aerial vehicles that had entered the country's airspace without authorisation on the evening of 31 October.
Source: Romania's Ministry of National Defence, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Romania scrambled four F-16 fighter jets and an IAR-330 SOCAT helicopter to monitor the situation and manage the response after two unmanned aerial vehicles violated the country's airspace.
Alerts were issued in six Romanian counties due to the airspace violation: Iași, Neamț, Vaslui, Botoșani, Bacău and Suceava.
One of the two drones left the country's airspace, while the other was last spotted in the area between the counties of Vaslui and Bacău.
No drone crashes were reported.
Background:
- On the same day, a drone violated Moldovan airspace during Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine.
- On 23 October, Moldova's Foreign Ministry condemned the violation of the country's airspace by a drone and blamed Russia for the incident.
- After a drone was found in the village of Chiștelnița, just 100 m from a residential building, the ministry stated it would declare a Russian Embassy employee in Chișinău persona non grata.
- Romania is reportedly holding talks with Moldova on the joint development of counter-drone programmes.
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