What happened (Romania’s second drone shoot-down in two days)
Romania reported that its air defences shot down a drone in Romania’s airspace for a second day in a row, as stated by Romania’s Defence Minister.
Reported location and distance details shared by Romania’s Defence Minister:
- The drone was shot down about 9.6 km west of Sfantu Gheorghe in the Danube Delta region near the border with Ukraine.
The Defence Minister statement also framed the incident as the second occurrence since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Background and earlier position (context from the Russia–Ukraine war)
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