Romania scrambles F-16 fighters due to Russian attack
Kyiv • UNN
Romania has put F-16 fighter jets on alert to monitor the air situation due to Russian shelling of southern Ukraine near the Romanian border.
While Russian troops were shelling southern Ukraine, Romania was forced to launch F-16 fighter jets in Tulcea County. This was reported on Saturday, July 6, by the Romanian Ministry of National Defense on Facebook, UNN reports .
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The agency noted that the Air Police Service had been alerted. Also, two F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force from the 86th Borca Air Base were taken into the air to monitor the situation.
"Following an alert transmitted by the authorities, at around 7:30 a.m., the Ministry of National Defense issued an order to conduct search operations in the area between the settlements of Vulturul, Mahmudiya and Malyuk in case of the presence of objects that fell on the territory of the country," the statement said.
However, according to the ministry, the teams sent to the site did not find anything suspicious.
