New Delhi: Tensions have escalated between the southeastern European countries of Romania and Russia due to Russia’s drone actions. Russia has sent several drones to areas near the Romanian border in recent days, which has provoked Romania.
Seeing Russian drones close to its geographical borders, Romania’s Ministry of Defense immediately deployed two F-16 fighter jets. This has been confirmed by Romania’s Ministry of Defense, stating that two F-16 fighter jets were deployed from the 86th Air Base in Borussia. Both fighter jets conducted aerial patrols from 3:40 AM to 5:00 AM local time on Thursday, January 30.
The Ministry of Defense has stated that alerts and warnings were sent to local residents near the border on Thursday night regarding the potential risk of objects falling from the airspace. This alert lasted for 90 minutes. During this time, Russian drones continued to hover over Ukraine, which was near the Romanian border.
Russian drones have entered the geographical range of NATO member states on several occasions in the Russia-Ukraine war that broke out in 2022. Russian drones have entered Romania before. Romania shares a 381-mile border with Ukraine. Russia has carried out major attacks on the Danube river ports in Ukraine in the past. The Romanian border is close by. On Thursday, when Russia again started attacking the Ukrainian city of Izmail on the Danube River, some of its drones entered the Romanian border. After this, Romania took precautionary steps and deployed two of its fighter jets.
The Romanian government approved a draft law in December that allowed its military to shoot down foreign drones violating its airspace. Meanwhile, Romania’s defense ministry has stated that it will continue surveillance missions in its airspace and will be prepared to deal with high risks amid Russian attacks on Ukraine.
Diplomatic relations between Romania and Russia have been fluctuating. Romania has an embassy in Moscow and a consulate general in Saint Petersburg. Russia has an embassy in Bucharest and a consulate general in Constanta. The historical relationship between the two countries has swung between friendship, enmity, and neutrality. After 1990, relations between the two countries began to deteriorate further as Russia was undergoing disintegration.
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