Romania: Romania detects drone crossing its airspace amid Russian strikes (…)

November 19, 2025

Romania detects drone crossing its airspace amid Russian strikes in neighboring Ukraine
Nov 19, 2025

Romania detects drone crossing its airspace amid Russian strikes in neighboring Ukraine.

The Defense Ministry said early Wednesday, November 19, that its Air Force detected a drone entering national airspace overnight, prompting the scramble of German and Romanian fighter jets amid ongoing Russian attacks near Romania’s border with Ukraine. Two German Eurofighter Typhoon jets (…)

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