The Romanian Defense Ministry scrambled Spanish fighter jets allegedly because of a Russian UAV near the border

Four fighter jets were scrambled on the night of September 27 due to the alleged discovery of a Russian drone near the Romanian border, the Romanian Ministry of Defense reports.

    “On Friday, September 27, Russian forces carried out a new series of attacks against  Ukraine near the river border with Romania, on the Danube branch of Kiliya,” the Romanian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

 The republic’s department also noted that groups of drones were allegedly discovered that were approaching Ukrainian airspace “near the airspace of Romania.”

At 01:52 local time, two Romanian F-16s were scrambled to monitor the situation, and at 03:22 two Spanish F-18s. All four fighters returned to base at approximately 04:00.