Russian drone fell in Romania: NATO condemns but does not consider it an attack on the Alliance
NATO strongly condemned the attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and along the Danube bed, but stated that there was no sign that this drone was intended to defeat the target in the Alliance or a deliberate attack on the NATO country. "We continue to monitor the situation and maintain close contact with the Romanian authorities," Dylan White stressed. According to Romanian media, the Russian drone on the night of December 14 crashed near the village of Grind on the Danube shore.
No one was injured, a cluster was formed at the scene. At the same time, the German Drone Above Romania was raised by German fighters of the Eurofighter Typhoon of the Air Force from the 57th Air Base "Mikhail Kongelnitsky" and F-16 Romania F-16 fighters from the base in Festshta. German pilots established visual control over Russian aircraft, but the order from NATO did not come from NATO. In total, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation released 42 drones of Shahd 136 in Ukraine that night.
41 of them were shot down by Ukrainian air defense. After the incident, Romania decided to call the head of the Russian diplomatic mission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We will remind, on September 4, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko reported that at night during a massive attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Romania fell and exploded drones-Kamikadze Shahd.