According to the publication, the air base could become NATO’s most important strategic point in Europe. Initially, Romania’s Defense Ministry said the base would host 10,000 troops. But sources told Digi24 the facility could also accommodate an additional 10,

The latest massive aerial attack on Ukraine hit a new milestone in the continuing escalation of Russian bombardments, after Poland announced that it had closed airports and downed Russian drones in its airspace overnight on Sept.

Romania scrambled two fighter jets early on Wednesday after a group of aerial drones were detected near its border with Ukraine.

Romania’s Mihail Kogălniceanu military base at the Black Sea, currently operated by Romanian and US military but under expansion to become among the largest NATO bases in Europe, may play a role in the arrangements related to the peace process in Ukraine,

NATO on Friday launched an operation named Eastern Sentry to bolster the defence of Europe's eastern flank in response to Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace earlier this week, Secretary-General Mark Rutte said.

Russia’s increased aggression demonstrated by this week’s drone incursion into NATO airspace is making peace in Europe a distant prospect, Romania’s top diplomat said.

Romania is willing to lend its critical military infrastructure to any post-war peacekeeping effort in Ukraine.

NATO announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe's eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western alliance during Russia's war in Ukraine.

Article 4 allows member states to start a formal discussion within the alliance about threats to their security. It does not commit the alliance to military action.

He called the drone incursion “a clear act of aggression.” “NATO must deploy air defenses to Poland & Romania that also shield parts of Ukraine - protecting millions of lives and proving the Alliance will not let Moscow test its borders,