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NATO fighter jet shoots down drone breaching Romania’s airspace
CNN • • world
Key Points:
- A Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO mission shot down a drone that illegally entered Romanian airspace, marking the fourth drone Romania has shot down this year, according to the defense ministry.
- The drone was detected entering from Moldova near the city of Galati, but the ministry did not specify its origin.
- The F-18 engaged and destroyed the drone safely early Sunday morning, with debris falling in an uninhabited area.
- Romania, sharing a long border with Ukraine, has faced repeated incursions by Russian drones and floating mines in the Black Sea amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
- In July, Romanian F-16 pilots shot down three Russian drones for the first time after numerous airspace breaches, and earlier this year a Russian drone crashed into an apartment block in Galati, injuring two people.
