Press Release

On Saturday, October 17, the radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected an aerial target operating within the Ukrainian territory, heading towards the Romanian border, north of Plauru, Tulcea County.

Two F-18 aircraft of the Spanish Air and Space Force, conducting Enhanced Air Policing Service, scrambled from the 57th Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base.

The National Military Command Centre notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations to implement alert measures for the population in northern Tulcea County, and a RO-Alert message was sent at 01:54 AM.

No incursions into the national airspace were reported.

The air alert ended at 02:30 AM.

The Press Office