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

For the second time in a week, Romania raised fighter jets when an unidentified object entered its airspace over the Black Sea. The incident involved Spanish and Romanian aircraft responding to the intrusion but losing radar contact with the object.