Romania Scrambles Four Jets After Russian Drone Attack Near Border
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Russia launched a new series of drone attacks on civilian targets and port infrastructure in Ukraine, in the vicinity of the river border with Romania, on the Chilia arm of the Danube, the Romanian Ministry of Defense reported on Friday morning.
Romania raised four combat aircraft to oversee the situation. “To monitor the situation, two F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force took off from the 86 Borcea Air Base starting at 1:52 a.m. and, later, starting at 3:22 a.m., two more F-18 aircraft of the Spanish Air Force from the Police combat service Extended Air, from the 57 Air Base from Mihail Kogălniceanu. All four combat aircraft landed at the airbase around 4:00 a.m.,” MApN said.
“As a result of the detection of groups of drones that were approaching the airspace of Ukraine, near the airspace of Romania, the National Military Command Center (nucleus) notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations regarding the establishment of measures to alert the population of the county Tulcea, with RO-Alert messages being sent at 2:01 a.m.,” MApN also mentioned in a press release.
“During this time interval, Romania’s radar surveillance system indicated the possibility that one of the drones involved in the attack on Ukrainian targets may have crossed the national airspace, around 03:00, for a very short period of less than three minutes, in the border area with Ukraine”, MApN also stated.
From the data available at this moment, the existence of an impact zone on the national territory has not been reported. The forces of the Ministry of National Defense are carrying out, starting this morning, searches in the area with aerial means and with ground teams.
The Ministry of National Defense sends a firm message of condemnation of these attacks carried out by the Russian Federation against some objectives and elements of Ukrainian civil infrastructure, which are unjustified and in serious contradiction with the norms of international law.
Three dead in Izmail after drone attack
Three Ukrainians put out a fire at a building in Ismail, Odesa region. Three people were killed and 14 others were injured following a Russian attack that took place at dawn on the city of Izmail in the Odesa region, which is very close to Romania, on the other side of the Danube, reports Ukrainskaia Pravda.
“In the morning, the enemy resorted to terrorizing the city of Izmail on a large scale. The Russians launched attack drones in the south of our region. The activity of the air defense forces lasted a long time and was assiduous. Unfortunately, the attack killed three people: two women born in 1934 and 1955 and a 73-year-old man. 11 people were injured, including a child,” Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa regional administration announced.
Later, the emergency services announced that at least 12 people were injured, and the General Prosecutor’s Office reported 14 injured, including 3 children. “So far, we know about 3 dead and 14 injured, including three children: two boys aged 3 and 13 and a girl aged 14. The information about the other victims is being clarified”, stated the General Prosecutor’s Office.
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Good training exercise but the RO-Alert messages are not necessary!