Drone Tracked More Than 100 KM Inland

The army later scrambled two Romanian F-16 fighter jets after radar showed a second airspace breach in the neighbouring county of Galati. Mosteanu said an additional two Eurofighters followed.

The ministry said the planes tracked the drone moving towards the county of Vrancea, which does not share a border with Ukraine and is more than 100 km inland.

Residents of all three counties were warned to take cover, a warning that was later lifted.

Romania shares a 650-km (400-mile) border with Ukraine.

On a visit to U.S. troops at Romania's Mihail Kogalniceanu air base, General Christopher Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, said a new capability able to shoot down drones will be deployed to Romania.