Romania has said it will summon Russia's ambassador after its military shot down the third drone in as many days near the NATO member's border with Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Oana Toiu said on X on Sunday that the ambassador would be summoned over the “repeated violations” of Romanian airspace.
A Romanian F-16 fighter jet shot down the latest drone over the Black Sea five minutes after it entered the country's airspace on Sunday, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said on Facebook.
President Nicusor Dan said an investigation had identified the drone downed on Friday as a "Shahed model, used by the Russian Federation in its war of aggression against Ukraine".
Investigations into the drones shot down on Saturday and Sunday were ongoing, he added.
“It is unacceptable and intolerable for the Russian Federation to continue violating Romania's airspace, which is also the airspace of NATO and the European Union,” Dan said on X.
Repeated incursions
Romania, which shares a 650-kilometre border with Ukraine, says Russian drones have entered its airspace around 30 times since Moscow began targeting Ukrainian ports along the Danube following the start of the war in 2022.
The incursions have become more frequent as Russian attacks intensify around the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa, increasing pressure on key energy and trade routes in the region.
In May, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in the southeastern city of Galati, wounding two people in the first such incident to cause injuries in a densely populated area of a NATO country during the war.
Romania adopted legislation in 2025 allowing the military to shoot down drones that breach its airspace and pose a threat to lives or property, with their destruction considered a last resort.
