Nato fighter jet shoots down drone in Romania as one killed in Ukraine strikes

A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that breached Romania in the early hours of the morning, with one person killed and others injured in subsequent strikes in Ukraine. Romania said two Spanish F-18 aircraft were dispatched after the unmanned drone was detected entering national airspace about 14 miles north of Galați. Defence minister Radu Miruță said on Facebook the drone was intercepted and destroyed at 5:01am between Băleni and Cudalbi in Galați county, in an unpopulated area. The ministry added that radars detected it entering from neighbouring Moldova. Romania has shot down four drones this year, after frequent incursions since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The news comes hours after Russia’s combined attack on Ukraine using ballistic missiles and drones, killing one and injuring 13, damaging two industrial enterprises and sparking fires in Kryvyi Rih.