Romania says a Russian drone has breached its airspace - the second NATO country to report such an incursion.
Romanian fighter jets were in the air monitoring a Russian attack in Ukraine on Saturday and were able to track the drone near Ukraine's southern border, the defense ministry said in a statement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the incursion could not be a mistake - it was an obvious expansion of the war by Russia. Moscow has not commented on the Romanian claims.
On Wednesday, Poland said it had shot down at least three Russian drones which had entered its airspace.
In its statement, Romania's defense ministry said it detected the Russian drone when two F-16 jets were monitoring the country's border with Ukraine, following Russian air attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure on the Danube.
The drone was detected 20km (12.4 miles) south-west of the village of Chilia Veche, before disappearing from the radar.
However, it did not fly over populated areas or pose imminent danger, the ministry said.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, called the incident yet another unacceptable breach of an EU member state's sovereignty.
Poland also responded to concerns over Russian drones on Saturday.
Preventative operations of aviation - Polish and allied - have begun in our airspace, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a post on X.
Ground-based air defense systems have reached the highest state of readiness.
Earlier this week, Russia's defense ministry said there had been no plans to target facilities on Polish soil.
Belarus, a close Russian ally, claimed the drones which entered Polish airspace on Wednesday were an accident, after their navigation systems were jammed.
On Sunday, the Czech Republic announced it had sent a special operations helicopter unit to Poland.
The unit consists of three Mi-171S helicopters, capable of transporting up to 24 personnel and equipped for combat.
The move is in response to Russia's incursion into NATO's eastern flank, as noted by the Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova.
In response to the latest drone incursion, President Zelensky stated that the Russian military knows exactly where their drones are headed and how long they can operate in the air. He has consistently urged Western countries to tighten sanctions on Moscow.
US President Donald Trump also weighed in on the airspace breach earlier this week, suggesting he was ready to impose tougher sanctions on Russia, conditional on NATO countries halting purchases of Russian oil.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has made slow progress on the battlefield. Trump's efforts to end the war continue as Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, particularly following President Putin's return from a summit with Trump in Alaska last month.
