Because Russian drones violated NATO airspace above Romania on Thursday night, the alarm was raised by German Eurofighters. The incident is assessed as significant. Meanwhile, Russian authorities have added the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence to their wanted list.
According to information from the German Press Agency, up to 70 Russian Shahed 136 drones were registered in the wave of attacks on targets in Ukraine, one of which also exploded over Romanian airspace, according to preliminary findings. Russian aircraft were identified by German crews through visual contact, without NATO ordering them to be shot down.
The incident is assessed as significant
According to this information, the attack was spotted starting at 9:42 PM German time and tracked to a multinational command post for NATO air force command (“Combined Air Operations Center”). Accordingly, the order for an alarm take-off (“Alpha Scramble”) was given at 10:02 p.m. and the armed fighters were in the air at 10:11 p.m. The incident is assessed as significant.
Ukrainian Air Force: shot down 41 combat drones
According to its own information, the Ukrainian air force shot down 41 of 42 Russian combat drones during the night, mainly over the Odessa region, bordering Romania. The Romanian Ministry of Defense reported on Thursday a bomb crater 1.5 meters deep in the Danube Delta near the Romanian village of Grindu, 6.5 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The fact that it was a Russian drone was described as “possible”.
The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence is on Russia’s wanted list
Meanwhile, authorities in Russia have added the head of Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR), Kyrylo Budanov, to their wanted list. The 37-year-old’s name appeared Thursday in a Russian Interior Ministry database of people wanted for violations of the criminal code. Authorities initially did not provide information about what they accused Budanov of.
Budanov has headed the military intelligence department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense since 2020. His influential organization is held responsible for several attacks on Russia since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022. Moscow accuses the HUR, among other things, of organizing the attack on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022, which connects the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow with Russia connects.
In November, Kiev accused Moscow of poisoning Budanov’s wife, Marianna Budanova, an adviser to Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The Kremlin denied the allegations. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that “Ukraine always blames Russia for everything.”
Source: Krone
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