A Romanian F-16 fighter jet pilot shot down a Russian drone over the Black Sea.

Axar.az reports, citing Reuters, that the defence ​ministry said it was the latest in a series of breaches of the NATO member's ‌airspace that President Nicusor Dan called "inadmissible and intolerable".

Romania shares a 650-km (400-mile) land border with Ukraine and Russian drones have repeatedly violated its airspace during the more than four-year Ukraine war. Moscow is now stepping up attacks on Ukrainian ports ​across the Danube River.

Romania had not destroyed any of the drones until Friday when a ​Romanian pilot was able to safely bring one down in an uninhabited area. ⁠It has now shot down three drones in as many days.