Romania’s defence ministry said two F-16s took off after an aerial target was detected in Ukrainian airspace near the border. Northern Tulcea residents received a shelter warning on Sunday, following an earlier alert in the county’s east. The reported response involved air policing and civilian precautions; a Romanian airspace incursion was not confirmed.
Romania’s defence ministry said two F-16 aircraft took off from the 86th Air Base at Fetești on 8 November after an aerial target was detected near the border. The ministry placed it in Ukrainian airspace, about four kilometres north of Chilia Veche, a settlement in Romania’s Tulcea county.[1], [2]
Emergency officials sent a RO-Alert message, Romania’s public warning notification, to northern Tulcea after receiving notice from the military command centre. Residents were asked to stay calm and take shelter. The warning referred to a possible drone incursion; the account did not confirm that a target had entered Romanian airspace. Officials advised residents without a cellar or civil-protection shelter to stay indoors, away from windows and outside walls.[1]
Eastern Tulcea had received another warning earlier that afternoon. According to the defence ministry, radar detected a target in Ukrainian airspace roughly 30 kilometres east of Snake Island. It later disappeared from radar east of Sulina, a Romanian town. The later notification for the north followed that earlier alert by less than two hours.[1]
