Alert with drones at the border with Romania. Two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of the Italian Air Force and two F-16s launched from the ground.

On Monday, July 20, at 18:50, the radar of the Ministry of National Defense identified a group of drones approximately 23 kilometers northwest of Vâlcove, in the context of a drone attack on targets in Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense informed that a state of alert was triggered, and the National Military Command Center notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations to alert the population in the northern part of Tulcea County, through a RO-Alert message sent at 19:06. To monitor the situation, two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft from the Italian Air Force and two F-16 aircraft from the Romanian Air Force were deployed. At 22:25, the air alert status was lifted, and officials confirmed that no unauthorized incursions into national airspace had been recorded.