Overview
- Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said Poland could not rule out a court-ordered interception and transfer of Vladimir Putin to The Hague if his aircraft entered Polish airspace.
- The International Criminal Court issued a 2023 arrest warrant for Putin over alleged unlawful deportations of Ukrainian children, and Poland, as a member state, is obligated to detain him.
- President Donald Trump confirmed the proposed Budapest meeting is on hold after contentious remarks by Sergey Lavrov reported by media outlets.
- Hungary left the ICC in June and its foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, criticized Sikorski’s comments and reiterated that Budapest would not apply ICC rulings to detain Putin.
- Bulgarian officials have signaled possible overflight facilitation while the foreign ministry says no formal Russian request has been received, and alternative routes would likely require Mediterranean transit before entering Serbia.