Overview

• Mark Rutte announced the mission to reinforce the eastern flank within days, with contributions including two Danish F-16s and an anti-air frigate, three French Rafales, and four German Eurofighters, with UK support signaled.
• Romania said a drone entered its airspace during Russian strikes on Ukraine; two F-16s tracked it until it disappeared from radar near Chilia Veche, with no threat to populated areas reported.
• Poland kept air defenses at their highest alert and flew preventive sorties near Ukraine; airspace over Lublin airport was briefly closed before the alert was lifted.
• Polish and Dutch fighters shot down at least three of roughly 19 drones that crossed into Poland earlier in the week; authorities recovered multiple Russian-made drones or debris with no casualties or major damage reported.
• Poland invoked NATO’s Article 4 after the incursion, and investigations into origin and intent are ongoing as Moscow denies responsibility.