Press Release

On the night of July 23rd to 24th, the Russian forces carried out a new series of drone attacks against certain targets in Ukraine, near the border with Romania, in Tulcea County.

As a result of this situation, the Ministry of National Defence strengthened the monitoring and surveillance measures of the national airspace by engaging the Air Police Combat Service forces and means. At 2.19 a.m., two Romanian Air Force F-16 aircraft took off from the 86th Borcea Air Base to monitor the aerial situation. The two aircraft returned to the base at around 4.20 a.m.

Also, the National Military Command Center notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations with regard to the establishment of measures to alert the population of Tulcea County.

The Ministry of National Defence has ordered measures to conduct investigations in the field, in the vicinity of Plauru, to search for possible objects that have fallen on the national territory, searches that will continue during the day.

We also mention that as of 3:45 a.m., the cessation of alert measures was declared in all the affected areas.

MoND informs the allied structures in real time with regard to the situations generated by the attack, remaining in permanent contact with them.

We will provide additional details, depending on the situation development.

The Press Office