A drone was detected on Monday morning 12 kilometres north of Chilia, near the border with Romania.

The radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected an aerial target on Monday, 21 September, flying 12 kilometres north of Chilia, near the border with Romania.

The National Military Command Centre notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations that measures were being put in place to alert the population in northern Tulcea County, and an RO-Alert message was sent at 05:30.

Two F-16 aircraft belonging to the Romanian Air Force, on air-policing combat duty at the 86th Borcea Air Base, took off from the 86th Borcea Air Base to monitor the situation. 

The air alert for northern Tulcea County ended at 06:14.

No incursions into national airspace were reported.