Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken spoke Friday with Romanian Foreign Minister Luminica Odobescu about Romania’s investigation into the remains of a drone found in Romania near the border with Ukraine.

The parties discussed further cooperation on airspace security, including future rotation of additional US F-16 fighters strengthen the NATO air police mission in Romania.

Blinken confirmed the unwavering support of the United States for Romania, “our NATO ally.”

And the Chief of the Defense Staff, General Daniel Petrescu, on Thursday held a telephone conversation with the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Christopher Cavoli, News.ro reports. This was announced by the Ministry of National Defense on Friday evening.

“The discussion concerned the regional security situation in the context of intensifying attacks by the Russian Federation on civil infrastructure facilities in Ukraine located near our state, the detection of drone elements in the area of ​​the Romanian city of Plauru, as well as allied and national measures to avoid possible incidents on the territory Romania,” the Ministry of National Defense reported.

Defense Minister Ángel Tilvar announced on Wednesday that the first indications that remains that could be linked to unmanned equipment were found in Tulcea county were not found until around 18:00 on Tuesday, and the information was given to the president. Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday, as if a drone did not fall in our country, then they were right.

Romania’s Ministry of Defense confirmed on Wednesday that parts of a Russian drone used in attacks on the port of Izmail, located 250-300 meters across the Cilicia Arm, were found on Romanian territory.

NATO has no indication that the fragments of a drone found on the territory of Romania were caused by a deliberate attack by Moscow on our country, the head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

In MApN’s latest report on Thursday, the ministry claims that Russia’s latest series of kamikaze drone attacks on Ukrainian ports on the Danube have been monitored “in real time”.

In addition, Ukraine on Friday offered Romania to shoot down Russian drones and missiles “within a certain range” across the border.

Romania should make a decision to shoot down Russian missiles and drones approaching its borders “within a certain distance,” said Mykhailo Podolyak, one of the chief advisers of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.

“We need action, not ‘silence of the lambs,'” he added.

The statement by Podoliak, one of the most prominent figures in Kyiv, came after a Russian drone crashed on the Romanian bank of the Danube earlier this week.

“Of course, no one expects NATO to invoke Article 5 and start a war with Russia over a can that fell on a Romanian field. It is not necessary. Russia allows itself to use the airspace of Romania and other neighbors to launch missile strikes on Ukraine for one reason. Because silence,” he wrote Podolyak on his Twitter.

Gen. Viorel Pane, the Air Force chief of staff, said Thursday that Russian drones can be detected, but in the case of the Plauru drone wreckage, “the terrain is unlikely to detect objects that are developing at very low altitude.” , at very low speeds.” “The physics and limitations of these systems obviously cannot guarantee 100% detection,” he stated.

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