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Drone shot down over Romania
Photo. Capt. Andrew Layton (Public Domain)
An F-16 fighter jet shot down a drone that violated Romanian airspace. It was confirmed that the region where the shoot-down occurred is uninhabited.
The incident was reported by Romanian President Nicușor Dan on the X platform. “This morning, around 11:00 a.m., a Romanian pilot in an F-16 aircraft shot down a drone that had entered our country’s airspace. The area was uninhabited, so the pilot was able to fire without any risk involved. Currently, teams from institutions with relevant responsibilities are investigating the area to provide all the details about the incident,” reads his post.
At the same time, an air raid alert was declared in Kyiv, Ukraine, due to a Russian attack. The origin of the drone has not yet been confirmed. It is highly probable that it belonged to either Ukrainian or Russian forces. It is worth noting that at the end of May this year, a Russian drone crashed on Romanian territory, striking a residential building. It was identified as a Russian Geran-2, which is modelled on the Iranian Shahed-136.
