An emergency alert has been issued in Romania after Russian drones allegedly entered the Nato country's airspace.
A message warning of the "possibility of objects falling from the airspace" was sent out to residents' mobile phones in the Galati County this morning.
According to local media, it read: "Stay calm! Take shelter in basements or civil protection shelters.
"In the absence of shelter, stay inside the house away from windows and exterior walls."
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The alert is said to have concerned "possible small air targets" near to the border between Romania and Ukraine.
The Romanian Defence Ministry said the Nato state had scrambled fighter jets following the airspace breach - the second time it has done so in a week.
On Wednesday, November 19, Romania scrambled two Eurofighters and later two Romanian F-16 fighter jets after a drone breached its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure close to the border.
The defence ministry said it first picked up the signal of a drone 8km inside national airspace, near the villages of Periprava and Chilia Veche in Tulcea County.
Romania issued the emergency alert after 'possible small air targets' were detected (file photo)
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The drone signal disappeared off the radar before reappearing intermittently for 12 minutes near villages in Galati county, it added.
The ministry confirmed at the time it had received no reports of drones hitting ground in Romanian territory.
Romania, which shares a 650 km (400 mile) border with Ukraine, has seen Russian drone fragments fall on its territory repeatedly as Moscow attacks Ukrainian port infrastructure across the river Danube from the Nato country.
In the latest attack overnight, Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv killed at least four people, the head of the Ukrainian capital's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said today.
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| GB NEWSHe had earlier stated that at least seven more had been injured overnight.
"The Russians are deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure and housing. Cynical terror," the military chief said on messenger app Telegram.
Sir Keir Starmer is set to speak to Ukraine’s European allies today following the latest talks to secure peace in the war-torn nation.
The Prime Minister will host a coalition of the willing call after efforts over the weekend between the US and Kyiv to broker a truce with Moscow.
Sir Keir and other western leaders had pushed back against Donald Trump’s original 28-point peace plan ahead of the talks in Geneva, Switzerland, raising concerns about the prospect of a cap on Ukraine’s armed forces and land being ceded to Russia.
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| REUTERSUkraine's leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky, suggested after the talks ended there were fewer demands of his nation in the revised peace plan than in the original proposal.
The US and Ukraine have now created a fresh 19-point framework for peace negotiations.
Ahead of the coalition of the willing call, Sir Keir said all Nato partners were focused on achieving a “just and lasting peace” in Ukraine.
The peace “matters for all of us, because the conflict in Ukraine has had a direct impact here in the United Kingdom”, the Prime Minister added.
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