{
  "id": 908741,
  "title": "More than 100 drones detected near Romania in four days, NATO jets scrambled seven times",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/more-than-100-drones-detected-near-romania-in-four-days-nato-jets",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T20:42:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/14/more-than-100-drones-detected-near-romania-in-four-days/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Over the past 96 hours, Romanian authorities detected more than 100 drones in the country's airspace, prompting NATO fighter jets to scramble seven times, Romanian Defense Minister Radu Miruță reported to Antena 3 CNN. The surge in drone activity comes amid growing tensions stemming from Russia's war against Ukraine. Romania has recently transitioned from merely monitoring and escorting drones to actively targeting and destroying those that breach the country's airspace. NATO aircraft have been increasingly called upon to respond to such aerial threats along the alliance's eastern flank. Miruță clarified that Romanian forces destroyed the majority of the detected drones outside Romanian territory, with some debris reaching Romanian shores. He emphasized that Russia's war in Ukraine is a \"real war\" with tangible consequences, necessitating all measures to mitigate indirect impacts. The report follows Romania's destruction of two Russian Gerbera-type drones in the Black Sea near the Neptun Deep offshore gas project on August 11, with military divers conducting controlled detonations after confirming the drones were not Ukrainian. Romania has intensified its response to drone incursions, with F-16s shooting down three drones over Romanian territory and territorial waters in three consecutive days in late July, including one identified as a Russian Shahed-type attack drone. This marks a shift from Romania's earlier approach of monitoring or escorting drones that entered its airspace during Russian attacks on Ukraine. President Nicușor Dan condemned the repeated violations of Romanian airspace as \"inadmissible and intolerable,\" leading to a diplomatic protest to Moscow from Bucharest following the downing of a Russian drone.",
  "summary": "The latest figures underscore how Russia’s drone war is increasingly reaching NATO’s eastern flank, with Romania already forced to destroy several drones this summer.",
  "key_points": [
    "Over 100 drones detected near Romania in 96 hours",
    "NATO jets scrambled seven times in response",
    "Romanian forces destroyed most drones outside territory"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Why Moldova is second on Putin’s list: what The New York Times learned the Kremlin’s plan to ‘collapse’ NATO and the EU from within",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/why-moldova-is-second-on-putins-list-what-the-new-york-times-learned",
        "published": "2026-08-14T21:54:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}