The drone crossed into Romanian airspace at around 4 a.m. local time in the Gura Portiţei area but the combat aircraft did not have visual contact with the target at any point, and the radar signal was lost half an hour later, south of Cogealac, News.ro reported, according to a translation.

Romania has scrambled fighter jets for the second time this week after an unidentified object breached its airspace by the Black Sea

Romania scrambled four fighter jets on Thursday evening, 17 October, after an unknown flying target crossed its border. Source: Romania's Defence Ministry, as reported by European Pravda Details: The defence ministry noted that radars detected a "small airborne target" at around 17:00 in the Black Sea area,