Overview

• Estonia published flight-track data from Sept. 19 and requested NATO Article 4 consultations as alliance and EU officials condemned the episode as dangerous.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry denied any breach, saying three MiG-31s flew a planned route from Karelia to Kaliningrad without deviating from an agreed corridor.
• Polish police reported finding debris resembling drones at two forest sites in the Masovian region and secured the areas while military police and prosecutors were notified.
• Poland’s border service earlier said two Russian fighters flew low over the Petrobaltic platform in the Baltic Sea, violating the facility’s safety zone in Poland’s exclusive economic area.
• The Institute for the Study of War assessed that Moscow is testing allied responses, as Ukraine reported high-intensity fighting with more than a hundred daily engagements and updated aggregate Russian losses.