NATO was forced to scramble war planes overnight for a second day in a row due to major Russian strikes on Ukraine .

The attack on oil and port facilities in Izmail, Odesa region - less than one mile from NATO territory - has cast doubt on Vladimir Putin's commitment to peace even as the White House seeks to broker an urgent meeting between the Russian dictator and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky . "Two Typhoon aircraft belonging to the German Air Force, deployed at the 57th Air Base Mihail Kogălniceanu to carry out enhanced air policing missions, were scrambled to monitor the air situation in the border area with Ukraine, in the north of Tulcea County," said a statement from the Romanian air force.

It is the second time in three days that allied planes have been scrambled in pre

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