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On Thursday, March 26, the Russian Federation’s forces conducted a new series of drone attacks on the Ukrainian civilian and infrastructure targets, in the vicinity of the river border with Romania, in the northern area of Tulcea County.
Two F-16 aircraft were scrambled at 00.16 from the 86th Air Base in Borcea, to monitor the air situation.
The National Military Command Center (core) notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations in order to take measures to alert the population in northern Tulcea County, a RO-ALERT message being sent at 00:35.
At 00:44, a drone diverted by Ukrainian air defence system entered national airspace for a distance of approximately 4 kilometres.
The drone crashed 2 km from Parcheș locality, outside the inhabited area.
A special vehicle belonging to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations and MoND teams were directed to the scene of events, where they discovered a portion of burned vegetation and drone debris.
No material damage or casualties were reported.
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