Drone breaches Moldovan airspace toward Romania
On the morning of August 24, at approximately 05:55, a drone entered Moldovan airspace from the direction of the settlement of Vynohradivka, Odesa region.
On August 24, a drone entered Moldovan airspace from the direction of Vynohradivka in the Odesa region around 05:55, according to NewsMaker. The drone proceeded toward Vulcănești in Gagauzia before exiting the country's borders near Pașcani in Cahul district, heading towards Romania. The Ministry of Defense of Moldova announced that airspace over southern Moldova was restricted for 15 minutes, after which it was reopened.
The reason for the airspace violation remains unestablished, with the ministry stating that it occurred following overnight Russian air attacks on Ukraine. The Romanian Ministry of National Defense reported that Romanian radar surveillance systems detected intermittent signals within Moldovan airspace around 06:00 in the Cahul area.
Later, one of these signals appeared near Târgu Bujor in Galați County. In response, two F-16 fighters from the Romanian Air Force and an IAR-330 SOCAT helicopter were dispatched to monitor the situation. At 06:12, an alert was issued in the affected area via the RO-Alert system. The Romanian Defense Ministry promised to provide further updates as the situation unfolds.
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