Overview

• Poland’s Operational Command said weapons were used against “hostile objects” and that searches for downed fragments are underway.
• Polish and allied aircraft were mobilised, with ground-based air defences at highest readiness across Podlaskie, Mazowieckie and Lublin.
• FAA notices showed four airports, including Warsaw Chopin and Rzeszow-Jasionka, were temporarily closed during the operation.
• Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said NATO was informed and Territorial Defence units were activated for ground searches.
• Warsaw will shut its border with Belarus at midnight Thursday ahead of the Russia–Belarus Zapad-2025 drills, while Ukraine’s air force removed an initial post alleging a Zamość threat.