Jakarta, shesocial Indonesia
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A drone
Russia
back violating European airspace by penetrating entry
Romania
.This marks the second incident in a matter of days made by Moscow on countries in Eastern Europe after Poland.
The Russian drone had entered Romania airspace on Saturday (9/13) afternoon local time, when Moscow was also launching his latest attack on Ukraine.
This encouraged Romania to mobilize two F-16 fighter jets which then followed the drone to disappear from Radar, about 20 kilometers from Chilia Veche Village on the Ukraine border.
The Romanian Ministry of Defense stated that “The drone did not cross the population area and did not cause direct threats to the security of the community.”
“[The drone] rotates for approximately 50 minutes, from northeast of Chilia Veche to the southwest of Izmail, then leaves the national airspace near the city of Pardina to Ukraine,” the Romanian Ministry of Defense was quoted as saying
ABC NET
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The drone was identified as a geran-2, an ammunition made by Iran which is also known as Kamikaze Drone.
Russia also committed a similar violation by mobilizing its drones broke through the Polish air space last week.This incident was also allegedly both involving Drone Gran-2.
Romanian Defense Minister, Mosteanu Ionut, said that the F-16 pilots almost shot down the Russian drone because they were very low before finally leaving the national airspace.Two Eurofighter Typhoon jet which is part of the German air supervision mission in Romania is also deployed.
Romania repeatedly affected by the Russian Drone Fractioning Fractions that fell while invading Ukraine.The member of the European Union member and NATO indeed shared a 650 kilometer land border with Ukraine.
“(Russian actions) new challenges to the safety and stability of the Black Sea region. As well as reflecting the lack of respect for the Russian federation of international law,” Mostean said.
Meanwhile, Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Toiu immediately called the Russian Ambassador to Bucharest, Vladimir Lipaev, the impact of this incident.
Romania “conveyed this strong protest against actions that could not be accepted and irresponsible, which is a violation of sovereignty.”
“This kind of repetitive incident will only increase escalation and increase threats to regional security,” the statement added.
This incident occurred only a few days after Poland, another NATO member, shot down the Russian drone that violated the air area.At that time, an airport in the city of Lublin, East Poland, was closed for two hours while the NATO fighter jet conducted “prevention air operations” related to the threat of drone attacks in Ukraine.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Kremlin of trying to expand the invasion of his neighboring countries.
“All can see that Russia is testing how to bring war to Poland and baltic countries. Russian troops are also testing Romania,” he said on Sunday.
On social media, Zelenskyy also called for sanctions, tariffs, and urgent decisions for “collective defense” against Russia.
The Head of the European Union’s Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas, wrote in X: “Romanian airspace violations by Russian Drones are a form of violation of the sovereignty of European Union member countries that cannot be accepted.
“This reckless escalation threatens regional security. We stand solid with Romania. I continue to establish close communication with the Romanian government.”
Russia has not yet commented on the incident of Romanian air space violations, but denied targeting Poland.
(RDS)
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