Updated Press Information

Regarding the previous press release, we provide the following clarifications concerning the dynamics of the events and the measures adopted:

The aerial target was initially detected by the radar surveillance system at 16:33, west of Chișinău, moving towards west. Following the detection, the first population alert measures were initiated at the same time, via the RO-Alert system, in Iași County and the northern area of Vaslui County.

The target entered national airspace at 16:37, approximately 30 km southeast of the city of Iași. To monitor the situation, Two Spanish Air and Space Force F-18, currently deployed to conduct Enhanced Air Policing Service at the 57th Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, scrambled at 16:39.

As the trajectory progressed, alert measures were successively extended to Neamț County at 16:44, when the target was heading further inland and was reported at 16:48 at 18 km north of the town of Roman. Subsequently, RO-Alert alerts were also issued to the population of Suceava County at 16:53, and, respectively, Botoșani County at 16:56,.

At 17:02, radar contact with the aerial target was lost in the border area between Iași and Botoșani counties. Later, at 17:08, the target was re-acquired on radar within the airspace of the Republic of Moldova.

The air alert ceased for all mentioned counties at 17:33.

At 18:30, Romanian authorities were informed that the drone had crashed in the area of Mihăileni Vechi, Republic of Moldova, approximately 25 km east of the Romanian border, near Botoșani County.

The Press Office