Romanian radar picks up two likely drone signals breaching territory, ministry says

Two men prepare to fish across the Danube from the port of Izmail, in Plauru, Romania, September 5, 2023. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's radar systems detected two separate signals, likely from drones, breaching its national airspace that scrambled fighter jets did not see, the country's defence ministry said late on Wednesday, in a third such incident in less than a week.

The two signals were picked up by radar less than one hour apart flying above the southeastern counties of Constanta and Tulcea, the latter bordering Ukraine across the Danube River.