Romania has shot down a drone

 

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Published 10:39Updated 11:34

  

The Ukrainian president shakes hands with Romanian President Nicușor Dan at a meeting in Bucharest this spring. Photo: Vadim Ghirda/AP/TT

Romania has shot down a drone in its airspace, President Nicușor Dan announced.

“This morning, at around 11:00, a Romanian pilot in an F-16 aircraft shot down a drone that had entered our country’s airspace,” the president wrote on X.

He stated that the area was uninhabited, so the shooting down could be done without risk.

According to the Defense Ministry, the drone was shot down over the village of Padina, just over 110 kilometers from the capital Bucharest. The area is being investigated after the incident, the president said.

It is the first time a drone has been shot down in Romania since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, AFP reports.

Drone incursions have been detected in Romania several times since the war began, but Romanian forces have so far failed to shoot down any.