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Press Release
The radar surveillance system of the Romanian Ministry of National Defence detected, on Sunday, July 19, at 1:19 PM, a group of aerial targets approximately 15 km east of the town of Vâlcove, Ukraine.
The National Military Command Center notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations regarding the activation of alert measures for the population in the northern part of Tulcea County, and a RO-Alert message was sent at 1:57 PM.
No unauthorized incursions into the national airspace or cases of any aerial vehicle impacting the ground were reported.
The air alert ceased at 2:34 PM.
The Ministry of National Defence remains in constant contact with the Allied structures, and provides real-time operational updates regarding such events.
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