
The F-18 planes were mobilized at dawn to monitor a device that was flying over the Ukrainian border.
NATO activated two Spanish F-18 fighters in Romania at dawn to monitor a Russian drone that allegedly briefly flew over Romanian airspace near the border with Ukraine, the alert being deactivated shortly after without major incidents.
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The Spanish forces deployed by NATO in Romania participate in surveillance and defense missions of allied airspace.
NATO activated two Spanish fighter jets this Saturday morning after detecting a possible incursion by a Russian drone into alliance territory, specifically in Romania.
According to TVE, the alert has been activated so that the two planes, F-18s of the Air Force, monitored a Russian drone that was flying over Vylokve, a Ukrainian city located on the border with Romania, and that would have entered Romanian airspace for a few minutes.
The Romanian authorities have sent a warning message to the population, separated from Ukraine and specifically from the Odessa region, one of the hardest hit in the war, by the Danube River.
Shortly after the alert was activated, it was deactivated without the Spanish fighters having to actively intervene, according to information broadcast by TVE.
Since last August, Spanish forces deployed by NATO in Romania have been deployed 18 times. On August 16, two Air Force fighters had to shoot down a Russian drone.

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