Italy Deploys Troops and Jets to Romania After Russian Strike

Italy is deploying approximately 100 troops and several fighter jets to Romania to train the Romanian military in counter-drone tactics. The deployment, originally scheduled for a later date, was accelerated following the May 29 incident where a Russian drone crashed into a residential building in Galați. Stationed at the Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base near Constanța, the Italian contingent will spend roughly a month training Romanian forces to intercept and destroy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).