Overview

• Operations begin immediately under SACEUR Alexus G. Grynkewich, with full capability to build out over the next few days.
• Denmark is sending two F-16s and an air-defense frigate, France three Rafale, and Germany four Eurofighter, with the UK signaling support.
• Allies are discussing a limited buffer to intercept drones before they reach NATO territory, a step still under review without consensus.
• Poland has deployed about 40,000 troops to its borders and is accelerating its 800 km Eastern Shield program alongside higher defense spending.
• The EU approved major funding, including €6 billion to expand drone production in Ukraine and reinforce counter-drone capabilities on the eastern flank.