Romania shoots down drone breaching its airspace, president says
A Romanian F-16 fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered its airspace on Friday, President Nicusor Dan said, the first time the NATO member state has done so following a series of such incursions.
Dan did not specify the origin of the drone and said an investigation was underway.
An army source told Reuters: “There is an ongoing investigation to determine the origin of the drone. But in this part of the world it is Russia that is the attacker.”
Poland and the Baltic states have also suffered such incursions, fueling concerns that NATO’s borders are at risk.
Earlier, President Dan wrote on social media platform X that a Romanian pilot had shot down the drone at about 11 a.m. (0800 GMT) after it entered the country’s airspace.
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