The Romanian Ministry of National Defence's radar surveillance system detected a group of drones during the night from Thursday to Friday at a distance of approximately 33 kilometres north of Romania's river border. An IAR-330 Puma SOCAT helicopter of the Romanian Air Force was brought to monitor the situation.
Residents of Tulcea County were alerted through a RO-ALERT emergency message, according to Agerpres.
No unauthorised incursions into Romania's national airspace or ground impacts involving any aerial vehicle were reported, the Ministry of National Defence said.
"During the night of July 23-24, the Russian Federation carried out a series of drone attacks against civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine. At around 12:10 am, the Ministry of National Defence's radar surveillance system detected a group of aerial targets flying approximately 33 kilometres north of Romania's river border," the ministry said in a press release.
To monitor the situation, an IAR-330 Puma SOCAT helicopter of the Romanian Air Force took off at 12:48 am.
The National Military Command Centre (core) informed the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of the need to activate public warning measures for Tulcea County, and a RO-ALERT message was issued at 12:56 am.
The air alert ended at 1:33 am.
The Ministry of National Defence continues to monitor the situation and keeps allied structures informed in real time, the press release added.
