Drone breaches Romanian airspace during Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine


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  • Sunday, 14 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: Horses graze in Plauru, Romania, September 5, 2023. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu/File Photo

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania scrambled fighter jets on Saturday when a drone breached the country's airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure near the border, the defense ministry said.

Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu said the F-16 pilots came close to taking down the drone as it was flying very low before it left national airspace toward Ukraine.

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