Russian drones come dangerously close to the NATO border in an attack on Ukraine. In response, Romania is launching F-16 fighter jets.
Moscow – Russia’s air force keeps playing with fire. At least since the escalation in Ukraine war In February 2022 there will be repeated incidents in which Russian jets NATO-Come close to airspace and have to be intercepted. The Russian military leadership is now also venturing close to the NATO border in its attacks with kamikaze drones against targets in Ukraine. Such an incident also occurred on Wednesday night (October 2nd). A total of four fighter jets from the defense alliance rose in response to the threat.
Russian kamikaze drones come dangerously close to the border – NATO launches F-16 fighter jets
The Russian attacks targeted Ukrainian infrastructure in the area surrounding the city of Odessa, the Romanian Defense Ministry reported in a statement published on Wednesday. The drones approached dangerously close to the border between Ukraine and NATO member Romania near the Tulcea district on the Black Sea.
The country’s national military command center raised the alarm because of the possible threat. To monitor the situation, two F-18 Hornet fighter jets entered the airspace over Romania at around 12:50 a.m. The Spanish Air Force aircraft were part of the increased NATO presence on the eastern border in Romania.
Putin’s drones attack targets near Odessa – F-16 fighter jets secure the border
The two pilots received support from two F-16 fighter jets from the Romanian Air Force, which also took off at around 2:40 a.m. to further control the situation at the NATO border. The fighter jets’ operations continued until the early hours of the morning. However, as the Romanian Ministry of Defense confirmed in its report, none of the drones involved in the attack entered Romanian airspace.
Putin’s kamikaze drones repeatedly make dangerous wanderings
Even though Russia has not yet used the Shahed-136 kamikaze drones to attack targets outside of Ukraine during the course of the war, their use in border areas still poses a considerable danger. This has been shown, among other things, by various incidents in recent months Shahed drones – probably unintentionally – entered the airspace of Belarus and sometimes traveled further distances into the interior of the country. Belarus’ ruler Alexander Lukashenko is considered one of the Kremlin boss’s closest allies Vladimir Putin.
Russia repeatedly provokes NATO air forces with fighter jet missions near the border
However, it is also conceivable that Russia wants to provoke people with its actions near NATO borders. There have been repeated incidents over the Baltic Sea in recent months in which Finnish or Swedish fighter jets had to intercept Russian aircraft.
Just a few days ago, a dangerous incident occurred near the US state of Alaska in which the pilot of a Russian Su-35 came dangerously close to a US F-16 fighter jet during a risky flight maneuver. US General Gregory Guillot said in a statement on the short message service (fd)
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