One other Russian drone breached NATO airspace on Saturday, September 13, this time over Romania throughout an assault on Ukraine within the night, the Romanian authorities has confirmed.
The incident occurred round 6.23pm native time when two Romanian F-16 fighter jets detected the drone over an uninhabited space of Tulcea, roughly 20 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. The drone later disappeared from radar, in accordance with Romania’s Ministry of Defence, which said that Romanian regulation permits the downing of any unauthorised plane coming into its airspace.
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The violation follows an analogous incident three days earlier, when Poland shot down a number of Russian drones for breaching its airspace. In response to the continued risk, Poland deployed navy plane and closed the airport within the jap metropolis of Lublin. The Polish Operational Command mentioned on X that the measures have been taken because of the threat of drone assaults in Ukrainian areas bordering Poland. Polish and allied plane, together with ground-based air defence and radar techniques, have been positioned on excessive alert to ensure airspace safety and defend its residents, notably in areas close to the threatened zone. The violation of Romanian airspace comes as Russian troops amass on the border between Belarus and Poland in a warfare video games train.
The Polish Air Navigation Providers Company (PANSA) introduced that Lublin airport and surrounding airspace have been closed to civilian air visitors as a short lived precautionary measure. NATO forces stay on excessive alert, carefully monitoring the scenario and ready to reply instantly.