site.btaRomania Issues Air Raid Alert After Drone Attack Near Ukraine Border

An air raid alert was issued in Romania in the early hours of the day because of another drone attack near the border with Ukraine, the Romanian Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday.

The authorities issued a Ro-Alert warning to residents in the eastern county of Tulcea. The alert was sent at 03:48 local time, which is also Bulgarian time.

The ministry said Russian forces resumed drone strikes on civilian targets and infrastructure in Ukraine in the early hours of April 14, near the river border with Romania in Tulcea County. Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from the 86th Air Base in Fetesti, and no violations of national airspace were detected.

The air raid alert was lifted at 04:45.

The Romanian Ministry of National Defence said its forces remained on alert and maintained the necessary surveillance and coordination measures to protect the population and national territory.

Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian targets near the lower Danube have repeatedly triggered RO-ALERT warnings in Romania’s Tulcea County and fighter scrambles from Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base. On September 13, 2025, a Russian drone entered Romanian airspace during an attack on Ukraine, and on February 26, 2026, Romanian authorities said another drone briefly crossed into the country’s airspace near Sfantu Gheorghe before moving north of Sulina. Other near-border incidents have also prompted alerts and heightened monitoring even when officials later said no drone had entered Romanian airspace.