NATO Ally's F-16 Jets Scrambled after Russian Drone Crosses Border

Romania sent F-16 fighter jets to the border with Ukraine early on Wednesday after Russia launched drone attacks close to the NATO country's border.

Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Russia's military "carried out a new series of drone attacks" in Ukraine close to the border with Romania, Bucharest's ministry of national defense said in a statement.

Two Romanian Air Force F-16 fighter jets took off from a military base in southeastern Romania at 2:19 a.m. local time on Wednesday to "monitor the aerial situation." The jets returned to their base around two hours later, the Romanian ministry said.

Romanian teams are searching for "possible objects" on Romania's side of the border around the village of Plauru, Bucharest said. Plauru is across the border from the Ukrainian town of Izmail.

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