00:00A Romanian F-16 fighter jet shot down an unidentified drone over an unpopulated area near Padina on Friday morning.
00:08Romanian President NicuÅŸo Ardan confirmed that engagement occurred around 11 am, noting the pilot fired safely without risk to populated
00:16areas.
00:18We had a drone in the air space. It was a few minutes, around 11, by a German pilot, on
00:29a F-16.
00:31It is important to mention that the area was not located. This is the reason why it was able to
00:37move from the top to the bottom.
00:39And now the teams of institutions are looking for to come with all the details about incident.
00:46The Ministry of Defence reported that radar systems first detected the drone over the Black Sea at 9.40 am,
00:52as it moved west towards Sulina and Buzaro.
00:55Two Italian Eurofighter typhoons from Michael Cogniziano Air Base were scrambled alongside two Romanian F-16s from Fetesti to monitor
01:05and track the target.
01:06An air-to-air missile was launched by a Romanian jet to neutralize the aerial vehicle over Buzaro.
01:11The intercept follows prior airspace violations, including a drone crash in Galati in May and a sea drone explosion in
01:19Konstanta in June.
01:20EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen previously described such incursions as a direct consequence of Russia's war against Ukraine.
01:27EU ONLY E foram surprised by a citizen's militaryуб
01:28TROUesti.
01:29EU CONTINUES
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