Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=XS4e9neHCFy Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter NATO Downs Russian Drones Over Romania: A First in the War [6H07vihguCE] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT For the first time in this war, a NATO member has shot down Russian drones over its own territory. Across three days, from the twenty fourth to the twenty sixth of July, Romanian F-16 jets intercepted and destroyed three drones tied to Russia's armed forces in Romanian airspace. The first was a Shahed, the Iranian designed drone Russia now flies against Ukraine, brought down over open ground near the village of Padina. No one was hurt. The drones are assessed to have strayed from Russian strikes aimed at Ukraine's Danube ports, and no source has shown the Kremlin meant to cross the border. Romania summoned the Russian ambassador and called the breaches unacceptable and intolerable. NATO's secretary general called Moscow's conduct reckless. The alliance has now destroyed Russian military hardware inside its own territory for the first time in this conflict. Read the full dossier and ask it anything. #russia #nato #ukraine #geopolitics #worldnews KoqI4ocZIlr nB0EwtPhMfJ iP8XBxR7jsm CSINM5MFSpy qtPxTjYqQQd Dcvh9PntWoE N7sqf4XYq9f
For the first time in this war, a NATO member has shot down Russian drones over its own territory. Across three days, from the twenty fourth to the twenty sixth of July, Romanian F-16 jets intercepted and destroyed three drones tied to Russia's armed forces in Romanian airspace. The first was a Shahed, the Iranian designed drone Russia now flies against Ukraine, brought down over open ground near the village of Padina. No one was hurt. The drones are assessed to have strayed from Russian strikes aimed at Ukraine's Danube ports, and no source has shown the Kremlin meant to cross the border. Romania summoned the Russian ambassador and called the breaches unacceptable and intolerable. NATO's secretary general called Moscow's conduct reckless. The alliance has now destroyed Russian military hardware inside its own territory for the first time in this conflict. Read the full dossier and ask it anything. #russia #nato #ukraine #geopolitics #worldnews KoqI4ocZIlr nB0EwtPhMfJ iP8XBxR7jsm CSINM5MFSpy qtPxTjYqQQd Dcvh9PntWoE N7sqf4XYq9f