Overview

• President Karol Nawrocki signed a decree allowing allied forces to be stationed in Poland as part of NATO’s Eastern Sentry mission, the National Security Bureau said.
• Poland’s security bureau stated that operational details of the incoming reinforcement remain classified.
• NATO launched Eastern Sentry on September 12 to safeguard eastern-flank airspace following Article 4 consultations requested by Poland on September 10.
• Poland’s operational command reported destroying several objects identified as UAVs that violated its airspace, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk said 19 incursions were recorded overnight on September 9–10.
• Russia’s defense ministry said it struck Ukrainian defense-industry facilities that night, asserted no targets in Poland were planned, cited a UAV range under 700 km, and expressed readiness for consultations; Moscow’s envoy in Warsaw was summoned as Poland presented no proof of Russian origin, according to RIA.