The NATO member was forced to scramble planes following an onslaught that was so intense it caused an explosion visible from a river across the Romanian-Ukraine border

The German Air Force officially assumed its role in NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing South (eAPS) mission in Romania on August 12, during a certification ceremony held at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base near the city of Constanța.

Romanian parliament's new law explicitly permits shooting down Russian drones that enter its airspace, deterring Moscow from crossing the 380-mile border with Ukraine.

Russia has launched 574 Shahed-type drones and 40 missiles at Ukraine overnight. Drones came from the directions of Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Crimea. Missiles came from LIpetsk, Voronezh, Saratov, the Black Sea area and Crimea.

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis, center, is greeted by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

Romania eyes bigger Black Sea task force with the Bulgaria and Turkey to expand mine clearing operations into patrols protecting energy facilities.

Video. False videos in the style of Euronews reports claim that a Romanian politician has called for the country to leave NATO and join forces with Russia.