Overview

• Poland’s operative command placed ground-based air defenses on highest readiness and temporarily closed Lublin airport during a preventive action.
• Prime Minister Donald Tusk described the response as a preventive operation involving Polish and allied air forces.
• The heightened alert and air operation in Poland ended after roughly two hours, according to the army.
• Romania reported a drone near Tulcea, scrambled F-16s, and received NATO support with German Eurofighters, with officials saying the object did not overfly populated areas or pose a danger.
• Following earlier drone intrusions into Poland in which some were shot down, NATO reinforced the region under Eastern Sentry and local authorities issued sirens and mass SMS alerts in border districts.