{"id":423974,"date":"2025-09-14T15:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/423974\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:17:09","slug":"eu-top-diplomat-decries-russias-breach-of-romanian-airspace-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/423974\/","title":{"rendered":"EU top diplomat decries Russia\u2019s breach of Romanian airspace \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, two Romanian F-16 fighter jets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/russia-drone-nato-incursions-poland-gaps-western-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spotted<\/a> a Russian drone over Romanian territory while doing a scouting exercise to monitor Russian airstrikes across the border in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Romania\u2019s foreign minister <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oana_toiu\/status\/1966985064232665574\" target=\"_blank\">slammed<\/a> the incursion as \u201cunacceptable and reckless.\u201d No damage or injuries were reported, Romania\u2019s defense ministry said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapn.ro\/cpresa\/18969_for%C8%9Bele-aeriene-au-interceptat-o-drona-in-spa%C8%9Biul-aerian-na%C8%9Bional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand in solidarity with Romania,\u201d Kallas said. \u201cI am in close contact with the Romanian government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the previous Russian incursion into Poland, five drones had been on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/plus68c2503914783f3062eebcf0\/hoechstwahrscheinlich-absichtlich-brisante-neue-details-zum-drohnen-vorfall-in-polen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct flight<\/a> toward a NATO base before being intercepted by Dutch Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets.<\/p>\n<p>The incursion in Poland left no damage. But the incident exposed the transatlantic alliance\u2019s poor planning for handling drones, which have emerged as a central element in modern warfare during the conflict in Ukraine. In the latest encounter, NATO forces used equipment worth billions of dollars to counter Russian drones that were made of wood and foam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday, two Romanian F-16 fighter jets spotted a Russian drone over Romanian territory while doing a scouting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[18992,768,473,2595,2000,299,5187,805,2596,2452,7965,770,1438,811,182,657,335],"class_list":{"0":"post-423974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-airspace","9":"tag-borders","10":"tag-defense","11":"tag-drones","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-european","15":"tag-foreign-policy","16":"tag-kaja-kallas","17":"tag-media","18":"tag-platforms","19":"tag-poland","20":"tag-romania","21":"tag-security","22":"tag-social-media","23":"tag-ukraine","24":"tag-war-in-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115203319031221163","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}