The drone crossed into Romanian airspace at around 4 a.m. local time in the Gura Portiţei area but the combat aircraft did not have visual contact with the target at any point, and the radar signal was lost half an hour later, south of Cogealac, News.ro reported, according to a translation.

Romania has scrambled four of its fighter jets after an unidentified object breached its airspace in the country’s southeast near the Black Sea, according to Ministry of National Defense

Since Thursday, the Romanian Ministry of Defense has twice reported the presence of a "small flying object" that entered the country's airspace over the Black Sea. Four fighter jets were scrambled from Romanian bases.