{"id":5185,"date":"2026-04-25T09:24:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5185"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:24:56","slug":"ministry-of-defence-issues-statement-on-claims-raf-fighter-jets-shot-down-russian-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5185","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defence issues statement on claims RAF fighter jets shot down Russian drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>The Ministry of Defence have issued a statement.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>In the last few hours, a number of reports have claimed that NATO used RAF Eurofighter Typhoon jets in response to a huge attack on Ukraine that lasted ten hours. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Over 47 missiles and 619 drones were deployed by Russia with some reportedly breaching the border into Romania.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It was reported that RAF fighter jets on a NATO patrol shot down Russian drones for the first time over Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>However now the UK Ministry of Defence have responded to the claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>While Romanian authorities reported that RAF Typhoons were used to engage drones over Ukrainian territory, the UK have said that both Typhoons were scrambled from Borcea Air Base but returned without engaging any Russian assets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>They added that the aircrafts did not enter Ukrainian airspace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The original statement from Bucharest read: \u201cOn the morning of Saturday, April 25, Russian forces resumed drone attacks on civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, near the river border with Romania, in Tulcea County.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;MApN radars detected drones flying near Romanian airspace. Two Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of the British Air Force from the Reinforced Air Police combat service took off at 02:00 from the 86th Air Base in Fete\u0219ti.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThe National Military Command Centre notified IGSU [General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations] regarding the establishment of measures to alert the population in the localities of Grindu and Isaccea, in Tulcea County, and at 02:14, a RO-ALERT message was transmitted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThe Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft had radar contact with a target located 1.5 km from Reni, above Ukrainian territory. 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