Spanish F-18 Fighter Jet Shoots Down Drone in Romanian Airspace

Kathmandu. A Spanish F-18 fighter jet deployed in NATO's air surveillance mission shot down a drone that entered Romania's airspace, the Romanian Ministry of Defense said. The Ministry of Defense stated that this is the fourth unmanned aircraft that Romania has shot down entering its airspace this year. Romania is a NATO member state with a 614-kilometer long border with Ukraine. Russian drones have repeatedly entered Romanian airspace since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Romanian radar detected the drone entering the country's airspace from neighboring Moldova. The Ministry stated that the drone entered from about 24 kilometers north of the southeastern Romanian city of Galati.