NATO Scrambles Typhoon Jets Amid Russian Attack on Ukraine
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Two German fighter jets were deployed from Romania overnight amid a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine that struck key Danube River port infrastructure near the NATO frontier.
The German Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, stationed at Romania's 57th Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base as part of NATO's Enhanced Air Policing mission, were launched to monitor the aerial situation in the border area with Ukraine, particularly northern Tulcea County, according to Romania's Ministry of National Defense.
The jets were airborne during a window in which Ukraine's military reported 93 drones and two ballistic missiles were launched across 20 locations in the country, including the Odesa region. Some drones struck targets in the city of Izmail, adjacent to Romania across the Danube, causing fires and injuring at least one person, Ukrainian authorities said.
No Russian aerial vehicles entered Romanian airspace during the mission, and the German jets returned safely to base, landing at 1:10 a.m. local time.
FILE - A Eurofighter Typhoon jet performs at Fliegerhorst Wunstorf to take part in an open house day of the Bundeswehr on June 7, 2018 in Wunstorf, Germany.
FILE - A Eurofighter Typhoon jet performs at Fliegerhorst Wunstorf to take part in an open house day of the Bundeswehr on June 7, 2018 in Wunstorf, Germany.More to follow
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