Overview

• Poland scrambled combat jets, put ground-based air defenses on highest alert and briefly closed Lublin airport on Saturday before standing down after roughly two hours.
• Romania reported a drone entering its airspace during Russian strikes on Ukraine, tracked it with two F-16s to near Chilia Veche, and said it posed no immediate danger before disappearing from radar.
• Days earlier, at least 19 drones penetrated Polish airspace, prompting reinforced allied measures including the NATO ‘Eastern Sentry’ posture and deployments such as German Eurofighters in Romania.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj accused Moscow of deliberately widening the war and urged tougher Western steps, while President Donald Trump suggested the incursions might have been accidental and Secretary Marco Rubio warned proven intent would be highly escalatory.
• Regional authorities and Ukrainian sources reported Ukrainian drones striking deep inside Russia, including a fire at a Baschneft refinery in Bashkortostan and a separate attack reported in the Perm region.