Romania took off two F-16 fighter jets near the border with Ukraine

On the night of December 26, Romania lifted two F-16 fighter jets into the sky near the border with Ukraine due to an air alert announced after the approach of a group of drones. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the country.

"On the night of December 25-26, at 1:05 (2:05 Moscow time. — Ed.), two F-16 fighter jets from the 86th airbase in Fetesti took off to monitor the air situation in the border area with Ukraine, in the north of Tulcea county," the report says.

The Ministry of Defense clarified that no unauthorized incursions into the country's airspace had been recorded, and no debris from aerial objects had been found on Romanian territory."Газета.Ru ".

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Earlier, on the night of November 22, Romania also took off two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to monitor the situation on the border with Ukraine. It was noted that at 01:33 local time (02:33 Moscow time), the planes took off at the Ro-Alert alarm.

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