Overview

• Poland conducted a preventive air operation, scrambled allied and national aircraft, and temporarily closed Lublin airport before standing down the alert later in the day.
• Romania reported a drone entering its airspace during Russian strikes on Ukraine, scrambling F-16s that tracked the object until it left near Chilia Veche, with officials saying civilians were not in danger.
• NATO launched the Eastern Sentry mission to reinforce air defense on the alliance’s eastern flank, deploying fighter jets, a Danish frigate, and enhanced air policing from multiple allies.
• Ukraine reported neutralizing 137 of 164 drones launched since Friday evening, though 27 drones and one ballistic missile struck targets in nine locations with casualties reported in Sumy, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions.
• Ukraine’s long-range drones hit a major oil facility near Ufa in Russia’s Bashkortostan, causing a brief fire and service disruption, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled deeper strikes and urged tougher sanctions.