The army raised F-16 fighter jets, after a Russian attack on Romania's border / RO-Alert message in Tulcea
F-16AM Fighting Falcon fighter jet. PHOTO: Gianluca Vannicelli / ipa-agency / PA Images / Profimedia
Two F-16 fighter jets from the 86th Air Base in Fetești were lifted from the ground on Thursday morning, after a new Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian ports on the Danube, the Ministry of Defense reported. In the north of Tulcea county, the authorities sent an RO-Alert message.
“On Thursday, January 1, there were new drone attacks carried out by Russian forces on the Ukrainian port infrastructure in the vicinity of the border with Romania. The surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defense identified aerial vehicles launched by the Russian Federation towards the Ukrainian ports on the Danube, in the direction of Ismail”, the Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday.
At around 10:00 am, two F-16 fighter aircraft, from the 86th Air Base in Feteşti, were lifted into the air to monitor the border area with Ukraine, in the north of Tulcea county. At 10:17 a.m., the population of northern Tulcea county was warned by RO-Alert message. The state of alert ended at 11:00 a.m., the quoted source said.
“During the mission, there were no unauthorized intrusions into the national airspace,” according to the ministry.
ISU Tulcea mentioned that the warning message sent to the population is preventive in nature and concerns the possibility of some objects falling from the airspace, being recommended to observe some minimum safety and shelter measures, if the situation requires this.
“The transmission of the RO-Alert message was carried out as a result of information received from the General Staff of the Air Force, which, through the specific means of surveillance, identified targets moving towards the border area between Romania and Ukraine. We recommend citizens to keep calm, read carefully the messages sent through the RO-ALERT system, get information exclusively from official sources and immediately report any incident or special situation to the single emergency number 112 observed”, stated ISU Tulcea.
No calls to the single emergency number 112 were registered as a result of this message.
