The air-raid alert in eastern Tulcea county, declared on Tuesday evening amid the war in Ukraine after a possible drone incursion was detected, ended after one hour and seven minutes, Romania’s Defence Ministry said, according to Agerpres.

MApN’s radar system tracked an aerial target about 25 kilometres east of Sulina. Two Romanian Air Force F-16s on Air Policing duty scrambled from the 86th Air Base at Fetești.

The National Military Command Centre notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations to warn people in the east of the county. A RO-Alert message went out at 17:31; the air alert ended at 18:38.

This year, Agerpres notes, the number of alerts received by Tulcea residents has already surpassed the total of extreme alerts issued nationwide in 2023–2025, against the backdrop of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The episode underlines how often warning systems fire in the Danube Delta, close to the Black Sea theatre.

MApN posted the end of the alert on social media as soon as the heightened watch window closed.

Image: NATO air policing operations at Fetești (Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain).

Sources consulted: Tulcea: Air alert over possible drone incursion ends — Agerpres.