Two aerial targets detected near Snake Island / RO-Alert in Tulcea

Two aerial targets were detected on Sunday near Snake Island, in Ukraine’s airspace, and the Romanian authorities activated measures to monitor and alert the population in the eastern part of Tulcea County.

The first target was observed by the radar system of the Ministry of National Defence approximately 30 kilometres east of Snake Island. Two F-18 aircraft of the Spanish Air Force, serving in the Air Policing combat service, took off from the 57th Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base to monitor the situation.

The National Military Command Centre notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, and at 14:02 an RO-Alert message was sent to residents in the eastern part of Tulcea County. Subsequently, the first target disappeared from the radar east of Sulina.

The surveillance system then detected a new aerial target approximately 55 kilometres west of Snake Island. Two NH-90 helicopters of the Spanish Armed Forces were deployed from the same base to verify and monitor it. The air alert ended at 15:26.