Nato fighter jet shoots down drone over Romania as one killed and 16 injured by ballistic missile attack in Ukraine

A NATO fighter jet has shot down a drone that breached Romania in the early hours of this morning. Two Spanish F-18 planes were deployed after the unmanned aircraft was discovered entering the national airspace about 14 miles north of Galați. A McDonnell Douglas EF-18B Hornet of the Spanish Air Force flies over the Torrejon de Ardoz military base in Madrid Credit: Getty Romania has experienced frequent drone incursions since Russia launched its 2022 invasion of Ukraine – and this is the fourth unmanned aircraft the country has shot down just this year. Comment now