Mystery object' returns to NATO border as F-18 jets scrambled again

NATO scrambled Spanish F-18s again after a mysterious aerial object was detected near Romania’s border with Ukraine during another major Russian aerial assault. The Romanian Ministry of National Defence said its radar surveillance detected an unidentified target moving east of Izmail, near the Danube frontier, prompting deployment of two Spanish Air and Space Force F-18s on Enhanced Air Policing duty. Authorities monitored the situation to determine whether the object posed any threat to NATO territory, and an RO-Alert was issued at 12.35am to prompt population alert measures. Officials later confirmed no incursion into Romanian airspace, and the alert ended at 1.10am. Meanwhile, Ukraine reported further overnight strikes using ballistic and anti-ship missiles and 188 drones.