The Ministry of National Defense said on Saturday morning that the Russian military carried out two waves of drone attacks on the Ukrainian ports of Izmail and Reni overnight, and that Turkish F-16s on an air policing mission at Feteshti Air Base were captured. down

“The Romanian Army’s radar surveillance system did not detect any unauthorized incursions into the national airspace, and no possible accidental drops of unmanned aerial vehicle debris were reported through surveillance and surveillance,” MApN said.

Press release of the Ministry of Defense:

“On the night of February 9-10, Russian troops carried out drone attacks on Ukrainian port infrastructure in Izmail and Reni, near the border between Ukraine and Romania.

The Ministry of National Defense monitored the situation in the border area and activated Air Police procedures, notifying the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations at 00:26 about areas in Tulcea county that could be affected by the risks associated with this situation, and later, at 00:48 for Galatsi county. The IGSU issued an RO-Alert for these two counties and the pre-alert status in the air ended around 02.50.

Turkish Air Force F-16s from the 86th Air Base in Feteşti were raised around 01:15 to carry out reconnaissance missions of the national airspace in this situation.

Later, at 05:30, in connection with the resumption of shelling in the area of ​​the Ukrainian port of Reni, the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Galati County received a new RO-Alert notification.

Two Romanian Air Force F-16s from Air Base 86 in Fetești were prepared to perform an air police mission, but the development of the air situation did not require, in this case, their takeoff.

The state of preliminary alarm in Galats County ended at 06:20.

Although during neither of the two waves of attacks on Ukrainian ports, the Romanian army’s radar surveillance system did not detect any unauthorized incursions into the national airspace, and no possible accidental drops of drone debris were reported by surveillance and surveillance tools. attacks on national territory, starting at 8:00 AM, MApN teams are carrying out additional checks on the ground, in the Ceatalchioi area, Tulcea county.

The Ministry of National Defense strongly condemns the attacks carried out by the Russian Federation on individual objects and elements of civil infrastructure in Ukrainian ports on the Danube. These attacks are unjustified and seriously violate international humanitarian law. MApN forces will continue airspace monitoring and reconnaissance missions in areas where risks may arise from these situations.

Also, MApN remains in constant contact with allied structures, which are informed in real time about the situation formed by these attacks.”