Russian drone enters Romanian airspace, NATO scrambles F-16 and Eurofighter

It is noted that two German Eurofighter Typhoon jets from the Mihail Kogălniceanu air base took off during the night of November 18–19 at 00:25 to monitor the air situation on the border with Ukraine following Russian attacks in the area of Romania.

"At 00:20, a Ro-Alert notification was sent out, and within a few minutes a drone signal was detected, which penetrated approximately 8 km into the national airspace (of Romania – ed.) from the area of Vylkove in the direction of Kiliia, where it disappeared from the radars," the Romanian Ministry of National Defense said.

It is also known that the drone was detected on radar for about 12 minutes. The Eurofighter jets landed at 01:50, and the Romanian Air Force F-16 jets returned to the base in Câmpia Turzii around 02:30. Specialist teams are ready to begin field searches for the drone.

Earlier, Poland launched aircraft into the air in connection with Russian attacks on the western regions of Ukraine.

During the combined missile attack on Ukraine on the night of November 19, Russian forces attacked Ternopil. Several multi-story buildings were damaged and partially destroyed there, and rescue operations are ongoing.

Russian forces also attacked energy infrastructure in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, with injuries reported as a result of the strikes. Damage to an energy facility and a fire were also recorded in the Lviv region, where explosions were heard during the night.

In Kharkiv, after the overnight Russian attack on November 19, 46 people had already been injured by the morning. Sixteen multi-story buildings, a school, an ambulance station, and other facilities were damaged, and a supermarket was destroyed.