NATO to send additional patrol planes to Black Sea after drone attacks

NATO is deploying additional patrol aircraft and intelligence personnel to the Black Sea, a spokesman for the alliance said, after a series of deadly drone attacks in the region widely blamed on Russia but denied by the Kremlin. “Allies have or will send additional maritime patrol aircraft, radar systems, explosive exploitation teams, intelligence personnel, drones and more to the Black Sea,” said Colonel Martin O’Donnell on Tuesday. “The most important thing we can do, however, is to increase our situational awareness in the region through increased sensors and data sharing,” he added. NATO, along with Bulgaria and Romania, has not directly attributed the recent spate of attacks to any country.