Politico<\/a> reported this, citing three alliance diplomats who were granted anonymity in order to speak freely.<\/p>\n During a closed meeting of NATO\u2019s 32 ambassadors, countries discussed whether the alliance should urgently acquire more drones to carry out airspace surveillance missions over border member states.<\/p>\n
\u201cRussia\u2019s war against Ukraine continues to create serious risks for Euro-Atlantic security, particularly in the Black Sea. Therefore, it is important that NATO strengthen its presence and capabilities in Romania,\u201d Romanian President Nicu\u0219or Dan wrote after the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the discussion, it was agreed to accelerate the implementation of NATO projects aimed at responding to drone threats, so that support measures for affected Alliance members can be approved at the Alliance summit in Ankara next month,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
It remains unclear when NATO members will acquire the drones.<\/p>\n
According to the first NATO diplomat, Wednesday\u2019s meeting also gave new momentum to the development of \u201cconcrete initiatives\u201d on drones for the Alliance leaders\u2019 summit, which will take place on July 7\u20138.<\/p>\n
NATO possesses very few military assets of its own, as these are primarily provided to the alliance by national governments. However, NATO can assist countries in acquiring the necessary military equipment, which can then be placed under the control of the alliance\u2019s senior military command.<\/p>\n
The allies also focused on threats to critical infrastructure in the Black Sea, including Romania\u2019s \u20ac4 billion Neptun Deep offshore gas exploration project, which diplomats said is expected to become operational next year. Countries discussed whether NATO\u2019s military command should devote greater efforts to monitoring threats posed by aerial and maritime drones to these facilities.<\/p>\n
As previously reported, people were evacuated from the port of Constan\u021ba, Romania, on the morning of June 5 after a maritime drone exploded there. No one was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n
Romania\u2019s Ministry of Defence stated that maritime drones of this type are being used in the Russian-Ukrainian war.<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian Navy later reported that, while carrying out missions in the Black Sea operational zone, one of its unmanned surface vessels lost control due to enemy electronic warfare systems and drifted toward the Romanian coast.<\/p>\n
Earlier, on the night of May 29, a Russian attack drone crashed into the roof of a residential apartment building in the Romanian city of Gala\u021bi and exploded, breaching the roof and causing a fire in the corridor of an apartment on the top floor. Two residents were injured.<\/p>\n
Read also:<\/strong> Germany to Allocate \u20ac300 Million to the Czech Ammunition Initiative for Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NATO allies discussed a proposal for an accelerated drone procurement program. According …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1294544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,49,36415,55,36537],"tags":[76,78,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1386662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ukraine","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-ukraine-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-4","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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