Spanish F-18 Downs 3rd Drone in 3 Weeks Over Romania as 100 Struck Ukraine Ports
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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 16
Spanish F-18 Downs 3rd Drone in 3 Weeks Over Romania as 100 Struck Ukraine Ports
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 16
Summary
Romania said a Spanish F-18 on a NATO air-policing mission shot down a drone that breached its airspace, prompting Foreign Minister Oana Toiu to thank Spain for a “concrete contribution” to Romanian security.
Toiu said Romanian radars tracked attacks by more than 100 drones outside the border on Ukrainian Danube ports, which she said were aimed at disrupting international food trade.
The incident was the third illegal drone entry into Romanian airspace to be shot down in the past three weeks, underscoring repeated spillover from the war next door.
Romania, which borders Ukraine, cast itself as being on the front line of defending NATO and EU borders and said it would keep strengthening deterrence on the eastern flank.