Overview

• Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk said roughly 40,000 soldiers will move to the eastern frontier in response to the Zapad drills starting in Belarus on 12 September.
• Poland restricted air traffic along its eastern border until early December after reporting about 20 presumed Russian drones entering its territory overnight on 9–10 September.
• The Foreign Ministry requested an extraordinary U.N. Security Council meeting to address what it calls a violation of Polish airspace by Russia.
• Germany announced it will extend and intensify NATO Air Policing over Poland and pledged continued support for Ukraine.
• The government is accelerating the East Shield fortification plan, preparing to lift defence spending to 4.8% of GDP in 2026, and drawing on €43.7 billion in EU rearmament funds.