NATO jets scrambled again after mystery 'moving target' near Ukraine border

NATO fighter jets were scrambled again after Romanian radar detected an unidentified “moving target” near the border with Ukraine. During the night of September 29-30, Romania’s Ministry of National Defence said its radar system tracked an aerial target moving east of Izmail, a Ukrainian Danube port close to the frontier. Two Spanish Air and Space Force F-18s on Enhanced Air Policing duty launched shortly after 12:35am, with an RO-Alert sent to population services. Officials later confirmed no incursion into Romanian airspace, and the alert ended at 1:10am. Separately, Ukraine reported further Russian strikes overnight, including ballistic and anti-ship missiles and 188 attack drones, with air defences neutralizing 160 targets by 8am.