| Date | 24 Jul 2026 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Interception |
| Location |
Sulina, Tulcea County, Romania
45.16, 29.65 (approximate) |
Romanian radar detected an aerial target 20 km off Sulina flying a Sulina–Brăila–Fetești–Buzău track. Two Italian Eurofighters from the 57th Air Base, two Romanian F-16s from the 86th and an IAR 330 SOCAT helicopter were scrambled, and the drone was visually identified as a Shahed type. One of the Italian fighters fired and missed; the drone was then shot down by a Romanian F-16 near Padina, Buzău. It was the first drone destroyed inside Romanian airspace. The Prosecutor General's Office confirmed the next day, from the wreckage, that it was a Russian Geran-2.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 2026 | Interception | Second Russian drone destroyed by Romanian F-16 in two days |
| 26 Jul 2026 | Interception | Third Russian drone shot down over Romanian territorial waters |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Incursion | Russian drone briefly enters Romanian airspace and returns to Ukraine |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Strike | Russian cruise missile crosses into Poland and detonates in a field |
An Italian Eurofighter on NATO Baltic Air Policing duty destroyed an unidentified drone over eastern Latvia before dawn on 14 August, the second time the alliance's quick-reaction force has shot one down over the country this year.