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 Constana, was destroyed by a Romanian F-16 fighter jet.