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2025-09-14 13:17:18
[A Russian drone entered Romanian airspace and Romanian fighter jets took off urgently to respond] 1. According to the Romanian Ministry of Defense, when the Russian army launched an attack on infrastructure near the Ukrainian border on Saturday, a drone broke into Romanian airspace, and Romania immediately dispatched fighter jets to take off urgently to respond. Defense Minister Janut Mosteanu said that the pilot of the F-16 fighter jet was close to shooting down the drone, but because of its low flying altitude, the drone eventually withdrew from Romanian airspace and returned to Ukraine. 2. As a member of the European Union and NATO, Romania shares a border with Ukraine of about 650 kilometers (about 400 miles). The Romanian Ministry of Defense mentioned in a statement that it had urgently dispatched two F-16 fighter jets and two European fighter jets to perform missions that day, and reminded residents of Tulcea County near the Danube River in the southeast and the Ukrainian border to pay attention to safety and to hide in time.
