EU’s von der Leyen warns of ‘escalating campaign of threats’ as Romania destroys naval drone – as it happened

Device was near country’s Neptun Deep gas platform in the Black Sea

Romania’s military has destroyed a marine drone spotted just “a few hundred meters” from the Neptun Deep platform, a major offshore gas project in the Black Sea.

The drone, spotted just “a few hundreds of meters” from the gas extraction works at the Neptun Deep platform located some 80 miles east of the city of Constanța, was destroyed by a Romanian F-16 fighter jet.