ISTANBUL (AP) 鈥� shot down an 鈥渙ut of control鈥� aerial drone that approached its airspace from the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry said Monday.
The incident came after on Russian 鈥� 鈥� tankers off the Turkish coast and warnings from Turkish politicians about the dangers of the war in Ukraine spreading.
F-16 fighter planes were scrambled after an object was detected, the ministry said in a statement. 鈥淭o avoid any potential harm, it was shot down in a safe area outside of populated area,鈥� it added. The statement gave no further details of the location or time of the incident.
Ukraine said its naval drones struck two tankers on Nov. 28. A third vessel was struck Dec. 2 as it headed toward the Turkish port of Sinop. condemned the earlier attacks as a threat to 鈥渘avigational safety, life and the environment, especially in our own exclusive zone.鈥�
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