Four fighterstwo Spaniards and two Romanians, took off this Friday from Romaniain response to a Russian drone attack on neighboring countries Ukraine during which one of these unmanned aircraft entered Romanian airspace.
As the Balkan country’s Defense Ministry reported in a statement, military surveillance radars detected the entry of one of the Russian drones into the airspace of Romania at three a.m. on Friday, where He stayed three minutes before leaving the scene.
In reaction, two F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air ForceThey took off from Borcea Air Base 86, while others did the same. two F-18 fighters belonging to the Spanish Air Forcefrom Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base 57. Both bases are located in eastern Romania, near the border with Ukraine.
Eight F-18 Hornet fighters from the Spanish Army have been deployed as part of the Spanish Army’s Enhanced Air Surveillance (eAP) mission. NATO.
At least three civilians died in the region of Odessa when their homes were hit by Russian drones in a massive attack on the Ismail neighborhood, in the south of the Odessa region, according to a statement from the regional military administration of Ukraine.
The Danube port located in Ismail is a usual target of Russian attacks with Russian Shahed kamikaze drones.
In its statement, the Ministry of Defense “strongly” condemned these Russian attacks against civilian targets and Ukrainian infrastructure and considered “that they are unjustified and constitute a serious violation of international law”.
On September 18, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrei Sybiha, He asked Bucharest that Romania analyze the possibility of shooting down Russian drones near the airspace between the two countries.
Romania, which it shares with Ukraine a border of more than 600 kilometers, It has been a member of NATO since 2004.
