Ukraine-Russia war latest: Romania summons Russian envoy after second Nato country reports drone incursion
Romania has summoned the Russian ambassador after accusing Moscow of an “unacceptable and irresponsible” breach of its airspace with a drone.
In the early hours yesterday, the Romanian defence ministry scrambled two F-16s to down a Russian drone in its airspace, just days after Poland confirmed an incursion by at least 19 Russian drones.
The Russian ambassador to Bucharest was summoned to protest the “violation of Romania’s sovereignty”, said Romanian foreign minister Oana Toiu.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian drone travelled about 10 kilometres into Romanian territory and operated in Nato airspace for around 50 minutes before it left towards Ukraine.
He warned that the incident was “an obvious expansion” of Russia’s war beyond Ukraine’s borders, and once again called for tougher sanctions against Moscow.
It comes after Nato announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe’s eastern flank, and the US vowed to defend “every inch” of the alliance’s territory after Russian drones breached Polish airspace last week.
