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A Spanish F-18 from NATO shoots down a drone in Romanian airspace

The Alliance suspects it was a Russian unmanned aircraft. It is the fourth device over Romanian territory since the end of July.

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A Spanish F-18 from NATO shoots down a drone in Romanian airspace

A NATO air surveillance patrol consisting of two Spanish Air Force F-18 fighter jets shot down a drone that had entered Romania's airspace early on Sunday. The Romanian Ministry of Defence detected the object at 4:44, coming from the Republic of Moldova, near the Ukrainian border, approximately 24 kilometres north of Galati.

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