Allied aircraft are often scrambled in NATO nations like Poland and Romania in response to Russian long-range attacks in Ukraine, which regularly target locations along Ukraine's border with its NATO neighbors.

NATO scrambled two German Eurofighter jets in response to Russian airstrikes near Ukraine's border with Romania overnight into Wednesday. The jets were activated after Russian weapons systems approached Romanian airspace.

Two German fighter jets were sent to the Ukraine-Romania border Tuesday night following a wave of drone strikes from Russia. Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa province in Ukraine, said drones hit infrastructure and production facilities in the city of Izmail,