An emergency alert has been issued in Romania after Russian drones allegedly entered the Nato country’s airspace.
A message warning of the “possibility of objects falling from the airspace” was sent out to residents’ mobile phones in the Galati County this morning.
According to local media, it said: “Stay calm! Take shelter in basements or civil protection shelters.
“In the absence of shelter, stay inside the house away from windows and exterior walls.”
Romania issued the emergency alert after ‘possible small air targets’ were detected (file photo)
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The alert is said to have concerned “possible small air targets” near to the border between Romania and Ukraine.
The Romanian Defence Ministry said the Nato state had scrambled fighter jets following the airspace breach – the second time it has done so in a week.
On Wednesday, November 19, Romania scrambled two Eurofighters and later two Romanian F-16 fighter jets after a drone breached its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure close to the border.
The defence ministry said it first picked up the signal of a drone eight km inside national airspace, near the villages of Periprava and Chilia Veche in Tulcea County.
The drone signal disappeared off the radar before reappearing intermittently for 12 minutes near villages in Galati county, it added.
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