Overview
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said state protection officers neutralised a drone over sensitive government sites in Warsaw and that two Belarusian citizens were arrested, with the drone type still unconfirmed and an investigation under way.
- NATO’s reinforced posture includes additional fighter patrols and air-defense assets, with Britain sending Typhoon jets to join forces from Germany, Denmark and France under the Eastern Sentry operation.
- Poland previously invoked Article 4 after at least 19 Russian drones entered its airspace during strikes on Ukraine, some were shot down and debris was found deep inside the country, while Romania reported a separate drone incursion tracked by Romanian F‑16s with support from German Eurofighters.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov asserted that NATO is at war with Russia, and Dmitri Medvedev warned that any NATO-enforced no-fly zone over Ukraine would mean war, escalating the rhetoric around the incidents.
- U.S. President Donald Trump proposed sweeping sanctions on Russia contingent on allies halting purchases of Russian oil, as German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul urged stronger air-defense and Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki called for full readiness and backed an oil embargo.