Overview

• All 32 allies issued a joint statement after Article 4 consultations in Brussels, pledging to use necessary military and non-military tools to defend the alliance.
• At a UN Security Council session, U.S. ambassador Michael Waltz said Washington would defend every inch of alliance territory and urged Moscow to halt dangerous behavior.
• Drone sightings halted operations at Copenhagen’s Kastrup and Oslo’s Gardermoen airports, with Denmark’s prime minister calling the Copenhagen episode the worst attack on national critical infrastructure as investigators probe responsibility.
• Estonia reported three Russian MiG-31s spent about twelve minutes inside its airspace, an allegation Russia rejects, with NATO warning that such incidents raise the risk of miscalculation.
• NATO has reinforced air policing on the eastern flank, including Germany’s deployment of four Eurofighters over Poland, while officials debate responses such as escorts, shoot-down rules and other coercive options.