The German aircraft are currently deployed to Romania as part of NATO‘s Enhanced Air Policing missions, which were introduced along the bloc‘s eastern flank after Russia‘s seizure of Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine in 2014.

Romania‘s „aerial surveillance system“ identified „groups of drones launched by the Russian Federation that attacked Ukrainian ports on the Danube,“ the ministry said. „During the mission, there were no penetrations of aircraft in the national airspace.“