German fighter jets participating in the air policing mission in Romania, along with Romanian F-16s, took off tonight after renewed drone strikes by Russia on civilian targets and port infrastructure in Ukraine, Agerpres reported, citing the Romanian Ministry of National Defense, BTA reports.
Radar surveillance systems detected air targets aimed at the Ukrainian port of Izmail, which necessitated the dispatch of two German “Eurofighter“ fighters to control the airspace. The drones later disappeared from radar, and explosions were then reported in Izmail. Romanian airspace was not violated and the German aircraft returned to their base around one hour after midnight.
At 1:45 a.m., new air targets were detected, this time 30 km north of Snake Island in the Black Sea. Two Romanian F-16 fighter jets were dispatched to respond, and at 2:20 a.m., local authorities issued a warning to the population in the northern part of Tulcea County via the RO-ALERT system.
In this case, several air targets and explosions were also observed from the Ukrainian side, but Romanian airspace was not violated. The two fighter jets returned to their base at 3:51 a.m.