Russian drones violate the airspace of two NATO countries during aerial raid on Ukraine - with F-16 fighter jets scrambled as tensions between Putin and the West threaten to explode

Russian drones have violated the airspace of two NATO countries during an air raid on Ukraine. Emergency authorities also issued text alerts to residents of two eastern regions Since the reported invasion of its airspace, Romania urged Moscow to stop what it described as an escalation, which comes as tensions between Vladimir Putin and the West threaten to spiral out of control n this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defence Ministry on Aug. 18, 2024, Russian soldiers fire a Giatsint-S gun toward Ukrainian positions at an undisclosed location near the Russian-Ukrainian border area in the Kursk region Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Romania has confirmed drone fragments on its territory on several occasions and as recently as July this year. This undated handout photograph released on September 1, 2024, on the official Telegram account of the Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, shows a firefighter extinguishing a car after a recent shelling by a Ukrainian strike in Belgorod This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian emergency service on September 5, 2024 shows Ukrainian rescuers working in a military educational facility which was hit by missiles in Poltava, eastern Ukraine on September 3, 2024 A still image taken from an undated handout video made available by the Russian Defence Ministry Press-Service on 23 August 2024 shows Russian servicemen firing a 122-mm howitzer D-30 towards Ukrainian positions at an undisclosed location Civilians look at a heavily damage and partially collapsed house after a Russian shelling in the town of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine on September 05, 2024 Elsewhere in the province, rescue teams pulled the bodies of two men from the rubble of a hotel destroyed on Saturday evening in a Russian air strike, according to Ukraine's state emergency service. In Ukraine's industrial east, Russian forces continued their months-long grinding push towards the city of Pokrovsk, and also ramped up attacks near the town of Kurakhove further south, Ukraine's General Staff said. Russian forces continued their months-long grinding push towards the city of Pokrovsk, and also ramped up attacks near the town of Kurakhove further south, Ukraine's General Staff reported.