The radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected several aerial targets in Ukraine, near the Romanian border, on Tuesday morning, the Ministry of National Defence reported.

According to a statement sent to AGERPRES, at around 03:10, an aerial target was detected approximately 35 kilometres north of Chilia. Two F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force, on air-policing combat duty at Borcea’s 86th Air Base, took off to monitor the situation.

‘The National Military Command Centre notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations that measures were being put in place to alert the population in the north of Tulcea County, and at 03:18 a RO-ALERT message was sent,’ the cited source said.

Two more targets were detected at around 04:20, 30 kilometres north of Periprava, and a new RO-ALERT message was sent to the population in the north of Tulcea County at 04:51, MApN reports.
No incursions into national airspace were reported, and the air alert ended at 05:18, the statement said.

Source: AGERPRES