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- Romania shot down a Shahed-type drone over unpopulated ground near Padina, Buzau County on Friday.
- Radar first detected the aircraft about 20 km east of the Black Sea port of Sulina before it entered Romanian airspace.
- Two Romanian F-16s from Fetesti Air Base and two Italian Eurofighter Typhoons from Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base intercepted the drone.
- An F-16 engaged the drone with an air-to-air missile, resulting in no casualties.
