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BUCHAREST - Ukraine shot down a drone close to the border with Romania during a Russian attack on Ukrainian port infrastructure early on Friday, Romania's defence ministry said.
The ministry said in a statement that it had scrambled fighter jets to monitor the attack and that the drone was brought down 100 metres from the Romanian village of Chilia Veche, which lies across the Danube River from Ukraine.
Romania, which is a member of the European Union and NATO, shares a 650-km land border with Ukraine. Drones have breached its airspace and fragments of drones have fallen on its territory repeatedly since Russia began attacking Ukrainian ports across the Danube during its war in Ukraine.
Romania also scrambled fighter jets on Thursday when a drone entered its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure near the border, the defence ministry said. A drone also entered its airspace earlier this week, it said.
Romania has legislation in place enabling it to shoot down drones during peacetime if lives or property are at risk, but has not yet made use of it.
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