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Drone crashes in Romania as Russia strikes neighbouring Ukraine

Two British fighter jets were scrambled and 200 people were evacuated on Saturday after a drone crashed in Romania during a barrage of Russian strikes on its neighbour Ukraine.

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00:00A drone crashed into a populated area in Romania near its border with Ukraine early on Saturday.
00:08The incident occurred during a larger-scale aerial attack by Russian drones and missiles on Ukraine.
00:24The drone landed on the southern-eastern city of Galati and resulted in 200 people being evacuated
00:32as two British fighter jets stationed in a nearby military base immediately scrambled.
00:38It is not the first time that the EU and NATO member state has seen its airspace violated
00:44and drone fragments fall on its territory since Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
00:51Romanian President Nikosu Dan said that this was the first time that Romanian property has been damaged,
00:58though no casualties were reported.
01:00The country's foreign minister has summoned the Russian ambassador over the incident.
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