Overview
- NATO jets operating under the alliance’s air policing mission shot down an unmanned aircraft that entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus, and crews recovered wreckage for forensic analysis to determine origin and intent.
- Polish prosecutors confirmed a Gerbera 2 drone with a high‑explosive warhead washed up on a Baltic beach, and neighbouring states have reported multiple recent incursions and strikes close to NATO borders.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian drones struck Moldovan airspace twice while his presidential plane transited through Chișinău, adding to allied concerns about direct threats to diplomatic travel.
- Ukraine reported a successful test of a domestically developed anti‑drone interceptor and said its forces shot down large numbers of incoming aerial targets, reflecting rapid growth in Kyiv’s counter‑drone efforts.
- Officials stress that attribution remains under investigation, note electronic‑warfare and navigation errors can divert drones, and warn the pattern of low‑cost drone and hybrid probes raises risks of miscalculation on NATO’s eastern flank.