Romania has summoned a Russian envoy to shoot down the third drone | News of the Russian-Ukrainian war

The ongoing downing of Romanian airspace has raised concerns about the involvement of NATO countries in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Romania has summoned the Russian ambassador after it says it shot down three drones in as many days.

A Romanian airline shot down a drone after it entered the air on Sunday morning, the Defense Ministry said. The event followed a similar logic Friday and Saturday.

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Concerns that Moscow’s war in Ukraine could destabilize neighboring NATO countries it is rising. Romania is one of several alliance members that have come under fire from stray drones recently, with Russia and Ukraine launching hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles every day.

After Sunday’s incident, Bucharest summoned the Russian ambassador to complain about “repeated violations”, Foreign Minister Oana Toiu wrote on social media.

Romania hijacked a Russian airliner for the first time on Friday. This followed what happened on Saturday. An F-16 fighter jet shot down a drone over the Black Sea on Sunday.

President Nicusor Dan said that an investigation found that Friday’s drone was “a model of Shahed, used by the Russian Federation in its war against Ukraine”.

‘Unacceptable and illegal’

The continued entry of Russian drones into the airspace of Eastern European countries is seen as an attempt to test the security of NATO and the European Union.

“It is unacceptable and illegal for the Russian government to continue violating Romanian airspace, which is also NATO and European Union airspace,” Colonel Martin O’Donnell, NATO’s chief military spokesman, wrote on social media following Sunday’s incident.

Romania, like other countries in the region, has seen frequent drone attacks since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Late May, drone it hit a residential building in the city of Galatia in Romania, injuring two people. It was the first such strike to take place in a populated area of ​​a NATO country.

Last monthA seaplane has exploded in the port of Constanta in Romania.

The Baltic states have reported repeated air strikes in recent months, which the intervention contributed to the collapse of the Latvian government in May.

NATO chief Mark Rutte has said that “Moscow’s reckless behavior is dangerous for all of us”. The US ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, has pledged that the alliance will “protect every inch” of its territory.

O’Donnell said: “NATO, Romania, and other countries (are actively buying) ground-penetrating weapons to increase the air defense capabilities of allied nations.

Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continue to target each other with a barrage of drones and missiles.

Ballistic missiles hit Kyiv and other cities late Sunday morning, killing two people and injuring at least three.

Russia’s Defense Ministry, which insists it does not target civilians, said the attack on Kyiv targeted a facility related to drone production.

In Russia’s eastern part of the country, which is under Russian control, government officials say a Ukrainian airstrike has killed four civilians in the city of Horlivka. According to Ivan Prikhodko, the city’s Russian-elected mayor, the city began to burn in the early hours of Sunday.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia said that in one night it shot down 133 Ukrainian drones in Russia, the Black Sea and Crimea.