Overview
- Romania’s Defense Ministry said it launched two F-16s and readied air defenses after Russian attack drones approached its airspace along the Danube near Tulcea County.
- The military reported a later drone group headed toward the Ukrainian port of Izmail and said the alert ended with no unauthorized breach of Romanian airspace.
- Authorities described the action as the second straight day of scrambles in this area, citing continued Russian strikes on targets across the river in southern Ukraine.
- In the prior night’s episode, officials issued a RO-Alert phone warning in northern Tulcea County after UAVs were detected near Vylkove and later declared an all-clear with no violation recorded.
- Romania has faced repeated spillovers since the full-scale war began, including Shahed-type drones landing on its bank of the Danube, and it has adopted a shoot-down law it has not yet used.