Two F-16 fighters belonging to the Romanian Air Force shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles that illegally entered the country's airspace over the Black Sea.
Modern.az reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania disseminated information about this.
The first drone was detected at 17:59 and shot down two minutes later, 25 kilometers southeast of Sulina. The second unmanned aerial vehicle was intercepted in the same area at 18:05. It was shot down four minutes after entering Romanian airspace, 20 kilometers east of Sulina.
Bucharest informed NATO allies and partners in the European Union about the incident.
At Romania's initiative, a meeting of NATO's North Atlantic Council will be held on Tuesday. The meeting will discuss defense and deterrence issues in the Black Sea region.
