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Posted on February 26, 2026
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Romania scrambled fighter jets after a drone entered its airspace during Russian strikes near the Ukraine border. The NATO and EU member reports a second breach in two days amid repeated incidents linked to Danube port attacks.
BUCHAREST, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Romania scrambled fighter jets on Thursday when a drone breached its national airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure near the border, the defence ministry said, the second airspace breach in as many days.
The European Union and NATO member shares a 650km (400 miles) land border with Ukraine and has had drones breach its airspace and fragments fall on its territory repeatedly since Russia began attacking Kyiv's ports across the Danube.
(Reporting by Luiza IlieEditing by David Goodman)
Romania scrambled fighter jets after a drone breached its airspace during Russian strikes near the Ukrainian border, marking a second such incident in two days.
Airspace breaches near NATO borders raise geopolitical risk, which can pressure regional equities, lift energy and grain risk premiums, and weigh on the leu and nearby currencies.
The defence ministry said the drone crossed into Romanian airspace near the border with Ukraine amid attacks on Danube infrastructure and then exited, with no reported casualties.
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