BUCHAREST, Nov 25: The Romanian Defense Ministry reported two instances of unmanned aerial vehicles breaching the country’s airspace on Tuesday morning in the Danube sector of the border with Ukraine, and has scrambled four Eurofighter Typhoon and F-16 fighter jets to monitor the situation.
“The defense ministry’s radars detected a target heading towards Romanian airspace on the morning of November 25 near the Tulcea county. At 06:28 [04:28 GMT], two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft were scrambled from the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase for monitoring,” the statement read.
According to the ministry, the drone crossed the border from the direction of the Ukrainian city of Vylkove and passed over the Chilia Veche village in Romania’s east. The second intrusion was detected near the Galati county, which is also in Romania’s east. The Romanian military added that monitoring continued and measures had been taken in accordance with airspace protection procedures.
On December 13, 2024, the Romanian government adopted a bill to protect the country’s airspace from drones, which was signed by the president in May 2025.
The law defines several situations in which a manned or unmanned aircraft “uses national airspace without permission,” such as performing an unauthorized flight, deviating from an established route, interrupting the operation of identification devices, performing a flight in restricted areas, performing aerial photography without the approval of the defense ministry, as well as “if the unmanned aerial vehicle is in flight and, due to its operating mode, seriously and imminently threatens” the missions of the defense or transport ministries.
Furthermore, NATO has enhanced airspace monitoring over Romania by deploying additional early warning systems. (UNI)
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