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Unidentified drone near the border with Moldova, Spanish NATO F-18 aircraft intercept and shoot down

2026-08-16 11:46:21Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Two Spanish F-18 fighter jets have intercepted and shot down an unidentified drone near Romania's border with Moldova, Romanian Defense Minister Radu Miru?? announced.

Spanish aircraft, deployed in Romania as part of a NATO mission, were on standby and received authorization to intervene at around 04:44 on Sunday morning. The drone was spotted about 24 kilometers north of the city of Gala?i.

According to Romanian authorities, the origin of the drone has not yet been determined. It was intercepted and destroyed in the area between the towns of B?leni and Cudalbi, in southeastern Romania, near the border with Moldova.

Minister Miru?? congratulated the Spanish pilots and the Romanian military personnel who led the operation. He stressed that Romania is defending its airspace and has the support of its NATO allies.

The incident followed another night of attacks between Russia and Ukraine. Russian strikes caused major fires in Kiev and injured at least two people, while Moscow claimed it was attacked by more than 600 drones launched from Ukraine. According to Russian authorities, three people were injured on Russian territory.

Sunday's incident is another incident recently recorded in Romanian airspace. On Thursday, two more Spanish F-18 jets took off from the Mihail Kog?lniceanu base after a flying object was detected near the river border with Ukraine. The drone stayed for about 12 minutes in Romanian territory before returning to Ukraine, while residents of Tulcea county were warned via a text message.

A day later, another drone crashed in Romania after entering the country's airspace without being detected by radar. Authorities said the drone was flying at a very low altitude. Earlier this month, another unidentified device exploded in Bulgarian airspace, near the border with Romania, after entering from Romanian territory.

One of the most serious incidents occurred on May 29, when a Russian drone hit a residential building in Gala?i, causing a fire and injuring two people. NATO called the incident an irresponsible escalation by Russia at the time.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated after the incident that the Alliance is ready to defend every inch of the territory of member countries from such threats.


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