Romania scrambled fighter jets on ​Friday to monitor ‌drones possibly breaching its national airspace, the defence ​ministry said, ​adding that it was possible ⁠that drone fragments ​fell on Romanian ​territory near border with Ukraine.

“The defence ministry radar systems ​detected, at around ​1000 a.m., aerial targets north ‌of ⁠Tulcea County,” it said in a statement. “The air defence systems ​were ​put ⁠on alert, and two F-16 ​aircraft from the ​86th ⁠Air Base in Borcea took off to ⁠survey ​and monitor ​the airspace.”