Russian drone enters Romanian airspace; Bucharest scrambles F-16s
Place: Tulcea, VylkoveRegion: Moldova and Romaniaautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Only Ukrainian sources cover the event, citing Romania's Defence Ministry.
What Russia reports
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What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Romania's Defence Ministry said radar detected three aerial targets near Vylkove in Odesa region in the morning, residents of Tulcea county were sent alerts, and two F-16s and a helicopter were scrambled; later a Russian drone violated Romanian airspace, returned to Ukraine and was shot down by Ukrainian air defence.
“У середу російський дрон порушив повітряний простір Румунії, потім повернувся в Україну, де його збила ППО.”
“Також румунські ВПС підняли два літаки F-16 та один гелікоптер IAR-330 SOCAT у повітряний простір країни.”
- Російський дрон залітав до Румунії, потім його збили в Україні — Ukrainska Pravda, 14 October, 13:37
- Румунія піднімала F-16 через виявлені повітряні цілі біля кордону з Україною — Suspilne, 14 October, 11:37
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