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Romania deployed two F-16 fighter jets on Saturday afternoon after its Ministry of National Defense detected an aerial target about 20 kilometers northeast of Valkove, Ukraine, Anadolu Agency reported.
The aircraft, assigned to air policing duties, took off from the 86th Air Base in Fetesti, the ministry said in a statement.
The National Military Command Center notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations to activate measures to alert residents in northern and eastern parts of Tulcea County.
Authorities said they would provide further information as the situation developed.
Separately, Romanian Prime Minister Luca Niculescu condemned drone attacks on three commercial vessels near the country’s Black Sea coast and said Romania would work with NATO allies to strengthen regional security.
“These incidents are unacceptable and constitute a violation of international law,” Niculescu wrote in a post on “X”. He added that Russia’s war against Ukraine was worsening the security situation in the Black Sea.
The vessels were struck on Saturday evening and overnight near Sulina, a Romanian port city at the point where the Danube River flows into the Black Sea.
