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Romania said a drone violated airspace during Russian attacks on neighboring Ukraine.
The fighter jets that were randomized on Saturday, approached dropping the aircraft because they were very low before leaving the national airspace to Ukraine, said the Mostean Ionut Defense Minister.
Romania is the newest NATO Member countries to report attacks, with Poland Spread the plane and closed the airport in the city of East Lublin on Saturday, three days after shooting down the Russian drone in the airspace.
They were the first shot that were known to be fired by members of Western alliances during the Russian War in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, military exercise took place on the Barents Sea, with Russia And Belarus do training together.
Russian MiG-31 fighter jet equipped with hypersonic ballistic missiles completing four hours of flights above neutral waters as part of the ongoing “Zapad 2025” military exercise, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday.
Romania has had Russian drone fragments that fell into their territory repeatedly since Russia began to invite the full scale of Ukraine three years ago.
Two F-16 fighter jets were initially randomized by Romania, and then two eurofighters.
Residents in the southeastern area of Tulcea near Danube and the Ukraine border were warned to take shelter, said the Ministry of Defense.
The ministry said the drone dropped the radar of 20 km (12 miles) southwest in the village of Chilia Veche.
While the helicopter surveyed the area that was looking for the possibility of the drone part, Mr. Mosteanu told private television station 3 that “all information at this time shows the drone out of the air to Ukraine”.
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Russia ‘ready to fight with NATO’
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media that the data showed that the drone violated about 10 km (six miles) to Romania and operated in NATO airspace for about 50 minutes.
He said Belarusi airspace was also used to enter Ukraine airspace.
Zelenskyy described the attack reported as “clear war expansion by Russia,” and called for “tariffs on Russian trade” and “collective defense”.
He warned: “Don’t wait for dozens of” Shaheds ” [Iranian-designed drones] and ballistic missiles before finally making a decision. “
NATO said that his party planned to strengthen the East Wing defense, following violations of the previous Polish airspace.
US State Secretary Marco Rubio Called Poland attacks “unacceptable and unfavorable and dangerous”, and says while it is unclear whether the drone is deliberately sent to Poland, if that is the problem, it will be a “very escalation step”.
Experts, including Sky News International Affairs Editor Dominic Waghorn Previously suggested Kremlin tests the West with an escalation gradually but stable – A tactic known as “slicing salami”.
Donald Trump Boarding Air Force One on Saturday. Pic: Reuters
On Saturday, Donald Trump Tells the social platform of its truth that he is “ready to perform great sanctions on Russia”, but only when all NATO countries “do the same thing” and “stop buying oil from Russia”.
Trump has repeatedly threatened sanctions against Moscow, so far without any action.
The President also said that NATO members also had to place 50% to 100% tariffs in China – and only attract them if the conflict ended.
NATO Turkish members have become the third largest Russian oil buyer since 2023, after China and India, according to the Clean Energy and Air Research Center, with fellow Hungary and Slovakia members also bought energy supplies from Moscow.
