Overview

• Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the drones violated eastern Polish airspace overnight on Sept. 9–10 and that four were shot down with no injuries reported.
• NATO’s SHAPE said Polish F-16s and Dutch F-35s scrambled, supported by an Italian early warning aircraft and alliance tankers, marking the alliance’s first response to a potential threat to a member’s airspace.
• Poland requested consultations under NATO’s Article 4, and the alliance convened an emergency meeting to review the incident.
• The Interior Ministry reported seven unmanned aircraft and one missile fragment were found on Polish territory, and airports including Warsaw were temporarily closed.
• Russia’s Defence Ministry denied plans to target Poland and questioned the drones’ range, while Warsaw has recorded 19 prior incursions, many from the direction of Belarus.