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(Share)         (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google     (Three F-16 fighting jets of the Romanian Air Force fly over a Romanian flag during a military parade marking the National Day of Romania in Bucharest December 1, 2023.) (Three F-16 fighting jets of the Romanian Air Force fly over a Romanian flag during a military parade marking the National Day of Romania in Bucharest December 1, 2023.)   Three F-16 fighting jets of the Romanian Air Force fly over a Romanian flag during a military parade marking the National Day of Romania in Bucharest December 1, 2023. (photo credit: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images )    By REUTERS    OCTOBER 17, 2026 20:48   Romanian F-16 fighter jets shot down two drones over the country's territorial waters on Saturday, the defense ministry said.  The drones were brought down days after two chemical tankers were hit by drones near (https://www.jpost.com/international/article-910833) Romania 's Black Sea coast, the latest in a series of attacks highlighting risks to commercial shipping on NATO's eastern flank.   Both vessels were anchored near the Sulina canal, which links the Danube River to the Black Sea and is an export route for (https://www.jpost.com/international/internationalrussia-ukraine-war/article-911932) Ukraine .  NATO member Romania shares a 614-km  border with Ukraine, much of it along the Danube, and has repeatedly reported Russian drone incursions into its airspace since (https://www.jpost.com/international/internationalrussia-ukraine-war/article-911966) Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.  Romania started shooting down such drones (https://www.jpost.com/international/article-905647) earlier this year .   (A Russian drone wounded two people as it struck an apartment building in NATO-member Romania, its defence ministry said on May 29, 2026, the latest spillover from the four-year war into neighbouring states.)  A Russian drone wounded two people as it struck an apartment building in NATO-member Romania, its defence ministry said on May 29, 2026, the latest spillover from the four-year war into neighbouring states. (credit: Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP via Getty Images)    Origin of drones not yet specified  The defense ministry said the two drones entered Romanian waters in the Black Sea on Saturday at 1459 GMT and 1501 GMT, respectively.  The ministry did not specify the origin of the drones.  The two tankers struck earlier this week were hit by Russian drones, a NATO military source told Reuters . Romanian officials are still searching for seven missing crew members.   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