Defence & Airspace Desk
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The AirVeto Defence Desk covers NATO air policing, cross-border airspace incidents, and military aviation across the Baltic states. Every claim links its source. Incident claims carry a confirmed, reported, modelled or unknown tag. Each page gets a separate source re-check before it is published. Corrections go to hello@airveto.com.
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- Incident · 2026-10-24
Chiștelnița drone, Moldova, 23 Oct 2026 - fell near a home
A drone crossed Moldova's airspace on 23 October 2026 and police found one in a field about 100 m from a home at Chiștelnița; President Sandu called it a Geran. - Incident · 2026-10-24
Liepna drone, Latvia, 24 Oct 2026 - found after six days
Latvia's army found a foreign drone in a Liepna Parish forest on 24 October 2026, six days after a report of an explosion-like noise. No cellular warning was sent. - Incident · 2026-10-23
Drone wreck found near Moșești, Buzău, 21 Oct 2026
A farmer found drone wreckage in a field near Moșești, Buzău County, on October 21, 2026. Officials have not said what it was, where it came from or when it fell. - Incident · 2026-10-20
Drone explodes at Codrenii Noi, Moldova, 16 Oct 2026
A drone fell and exploded in a field at Codrenii Noi, Dondușeni District, on October 16, 2026, after Moldova logged a suspected unauthorised flight near Sobari at 16:22. - Incident · 2026-10-18
Drone falls in Pasvalys district after red air alert, 18 Oct 2026
A drone fell at Juodžionys, Pasvalys district, on October 18, 2026, and damaged a moving car. Lithuania says it was Ukrainian and came from Poland; Poland has not confirmed the route. - Incident · 2026-10-17
Two Geran drones shot down off Sulina, Romania, 17 Oct 2026
Romanian F-16s shot down two jet-powered Geran-family drones in Romanian territorial waters off Sulina at 18:01 and 18:05 local time on October 17, 2026, the defence ministry said. - Incident · 2026-10-15
Four airspace entries off Sulina, Romania, 14-15 Oct 2026
Romania's defence ministry logged four entries into national airspace off Sulina between the morning of October 14 and 01:34 on October 15, 2026; Ukrainian air defence shot down two targets. - Brief · 2026-10-13
US Army Flew Dozens of Balloons at Once in the Middle East
An Army intelligence official said dozens of balloons flew at once in CENTCOM operations. AirVeto's Podlaskie data shows how far unsteered balloons travel. - Brief · 2026-10-13
Israel's POINT@AIR Aerostat Radar Heads to AUSA 2026 Without a Disclosed Range
IAI's ELTA is unveiling POINT@AIR, a radar on a tethered balloon, at AUSA 2026. Its range is undisclosed and no source names balloons as targets. - Incident · 2026-10-13
Moscow refinery drone strike, September 20, 2026
Drones set fire to the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya in the early hours of September 20, 2026. Sobyanin said 450 drones were intercepted on the approaches to Moscow. - Incident · 2026-10-13
Omsk refinery drone strike, July 6, 2026
Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk Oil Refinery in Siberia on July 6, 2026, one of Ukraine's longest-range strikes. Governor Khotsenko said most drones were destroyed. - Incident · 2026-10-13
Operation Spiderweb, June 1, 2025 - truck drones hit air bases
Ukraine's SBU says 117 drones hidden in trucks struck four Russian air bases on June 1, 2025. Damage estimates run from about 10 destroyed (US officials) to 41 hit (SBU). - Brief · 2026-10-12
Yandex Data Centres: Three Sites in Three Oblasts Hit in Four Days
Yandex's fintech chief said a third data centre was damaged on October 11. AirVeto measured the three sites 220 to 367 km apart, each in a different oblast. - Incident · 2026-10-08
Alfa Watan sinking, Oct 6, 2026 - Bulgaria's Black Sea zone
Drones hit the cargo ships Alfa Watan and Able about 70 nautical miles east of Byala at 03:00 on October 6, 2026. The Alfa Watan sank; its crew is missing. - Incident · 2026-10-08
Royad Mammadov sinking, Oct 5, 2026 - Romania's Black Sea zone
A Turkish-owned grain ship, the Royad Mammadov, caught fire and sank about 30 nautical miles south of Sfântu Gheorghe on October 5, 2026. Ukraine blames two Russian drones. - Incident · 2026-10-07
Latvia-Belarus border, Oct 5, 2026 - armed escorts, cameras taken
Masked, armed escorts pushed at least 20 migrants toward Latvian soldiers; hours later masked men crossed in and took two border cameras. - Incident · 2026-10-05
Possible drone falls at Plauru, Tulcea, 2 Oct 2026
An object, possibly a drone, fell near Plauru in Tulcea County at about 05:00 on October 2, 2026 and started a field fire. Romania's defence ministry logged no radar entry. - Brief · 2026-10-04
Partly occupied Moldova now overflown by Russian drones
Eight airspace violations in seven days, five missiles and drones exploded on 3 October: Moldova takes the drones while Russian troops sit in Transnistria. - Incident · 2026-10-04
Missiles and drones explode in Moldova, 3 Oct 2026
Three missiles and two drones exploded in four Moldovan districts on October 3, 2026, the first near Căușeni at 07:50 local time; a sixth flight crossed the border, the defence ministry said. - Incident · 2026-10-03
Vilnius yellow air alert, 3 Oct 2026
Lithuania lifted a yellow air alert for Vilnius County and Ukmergė on October 3, 2026, at 10:30 to 10:37 local time by source. The Air Force found no suspicious objects where it vanished. - Incident · 2026-10-03
Moldova's three drone violations, 30 Sep 2026
Moldova's defence ministry logged three drone violations on 30 September 2026; two exploded, one a Geran-4 beside the G72 road between Brănești and Ivancea. - Brief · 2026-09-30
A second Russian drone hit Yahodyn in 15 days, and this one's blast wave reached the checkpoint building
A Russian drone's blast wave damaged Ukraine's Yahodyn checkpoint building near the Polish border, Sep 28, 2026, the second strike there in 15 days. - Brief · 2026-09-27
Russia tightens its side of the Estonia and Finland border. Estonia's own minister points to desertion, not a threat from outside
FSB curfews and checkpoint moves on Russia's Estonia and Finland border drew a theory from Estonia's interior minister: Russians avoiding conscription. - Brief · 2026-09-27
Vyčio Skliautas 2026: Lithuania tests wartime mobilisation and a Poland evacuation route
Lithuania's largest mobilisation drill runs September 25-October 3, testing a 100,000-person reserve and a Suwałki Gap evacuation plan with Poland. - Brief · 2026-09-25
Russia's state media deleted a nuclear threat against Lithuania
RIA Novosti published, then deleted, a column threatening Lithuania with a nuclear strike after Lithuania's parliament voted to start lifting its nuclear weapons ban. - Brief · 2026-09-25
Starlink station fire is Poland's third suspected sabotage in 48 hours
A fire damaged a Starlink ground station near Warsaw on 23 Sep 2026. AirVeto places it beside the same-week Malbork and Braniewo incidents. - Incident · 2026-09-25
Cernița Gerbera drone, Moldova, 24 Sep 2026
A Russian Gerbera-type drone with an onboard camera crashed near Cernița, Florești District, Moldova on 24 Sep 2026, the first such device Moldovan police say they have found in the country. - Incident · 2026-09-25
Solca drone crash, Suceava County, 24 Sep 2026
A drone crossed from Ukraine into Romania's Suceava County and crashed near Solca on 24 Sep 2026, four minutes after entering national airspace. - Incident · 2026-09-25
Gulf of Finland, 24 Sep 2026 - Finnish and Swedish jets intercept
Finnish and Swedish fighter jets jointly intercepted a Russian Tu-134, MiG-31s and Su-30s over the Gulf of Finland on September 24, 2026, their first joint mission. - Brief · 2026-09-24
CIA reportedly warns of a Russian ship-launched drone attack on Spain, France or Italy
US intelligence reportedly warned Spain, France and Italy of a possible ship-launched Gerbera drone attack; Italy disputes the report. - Incident · 2026-09-24
Malbork air alert, Sep 22 2026 - object lost from radar
Polish radar tracked an object approaching from Kaliningrad toward Malbork on September 22, 2026; the signal vanished and a two-day ground search found nothing conclusive. - Incident · 2026-09-23
Braniewo helicopter, Sep 23, 2026 - jets scrambled
A Russian Mi-8 military helicopter crossed briefly into Polish airspace near Braniewo from Kaliningrad on September 23, 2026, prompting Poland to scramble fighter jets. - Brief · 2026-09-22
Operation Vivaldi: Ukraine Air-Drops Kamikaze Ground Robots
Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps says its heavy drones carried ground robots 10+ km into Russian territory near Lyman - a world-first tactic in Operation Vivaldi. - Incident · 2026-09-22
Latvia-Belarus border night disrupts flights, no intercept
A NATO jet scramble to the Latvia-Belarus border coincided with a 3-hour Vilnius Airport closure on 22 Sep 2026 that hit 17 flights and roughly 3,182 passengers; nothing was ever intercepted. - Incident · 2026-09-22
Vilnius airport balloon closure, Sept 22 - 20 flights hit
Belarusian balloon markers closed Vilnius Airport's approach zone from 23:25 on September 21 to 02:40 on September 22, 2026, disrupting about 20 flights, LRT reported. - Brief · 2026-09-21
Russia Curfews Its Own Side of the Estonia Border - Weeks After 113,000 Fled to Georgia Over Draft Rumors
Russia's FSB curfewed its own side of the Estonia border. Estonia names mobilization as one theory - weeks after 113,000 fled to Georgia over draft rumors. - Brief · 2026-09-21
Trump Cites Russia's Refinery Losses, Proposes an Energy-Strike Truce Ahead of Zelensky Meeting
Trump says Russia 'lost control' of its diesel industry, proposes a mutual pause on energy strikes. Zelensky is open; the Kremlin wants sanctions relief first. - Brief · 2026-09-20
Officials Are Drawing the Same Warning Lines as Before 2022 - Zelensky Included
From Biden's 2022 warnings to Estonia's border trigger and NATO's plans now, officials are naming the same pattern - Zelensky has drawn the comparison himself. - Brief · 2026-09-20
NATO Calls Its Baltic Buildup Deterrence. One Analyst Says Russia Is Building a Pretext.
NATO frames its Baltic buildup as deterrence. One analyst argues Russia's incident wave is pretext-building toward a mobilization Moscow needs politically. - Brief · 2026-09-20
NATO's Top General Says the Alliance Has 4,000 Pages of Eastern-Flank Contingency Plans
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone says NATO holds three ready-to-execute plans for any eastern-flank escalation, from a minor incursion up to Article 5. - Brief · 2026-09-20
Ukraine's New Interceptor Drone Downs a Second Jet-Powered Geran-5 in One Day
Ukraine's Security Service says a new interceptor struck a Russian Geran-5 jet-powered drone twice in one day - Zelensky confirmed both hits, 19 Sep 2026. - Brief · 2026-09-19
Estonia Says It Will Seal Its Russia Border the Moment Moscow Announces Mobilization
Estonian PM Kristen Michal says the border can close immediately if Russia declares general mobilization, citing its economic strain and monthly losses. - Brief · 2026-09-19
F-35 Stealth Parts Went Missing En Route to the US - and Turned Up in China
A shipment of F-35 parts, including a stealth-coated cockpit canopy, was rerouted from Australia toward the US and ended up in China's Hong Kong instead. - Incident · 2026-09-19
Colonița drone crash near Chișinău, 18 Sep 2026
A jet-powered drone exploded near Colonița village, about 8 km from Chisinau, early on September 18, 2026, scattering debris across roughly 100 meters. - Brief · 2026-09-18
Vilnius Names Poland as One of Its War-Evacuation Routes
Vilnius's Civil Defence Department says Poland is one of the capital's evacuation directions if war reaches Lithuania; Poland's Podlaskie region is prepping to receive arrivals. - Brief · 2026-09-18
North Korean 'Students' Are Assembling the Drones Landing on NATO's Border
A US-led sanctions monitoring report says up to 25,000 North Koreans work in Russia's drone industry, some at the Alabuga plant, under fake student visas. - Incident · 2026-09-18
Kaliningrad border jets, 17 Sep 2026 - alleged, unconfirmed
ANSA reports two Russian jets crossed into Lithuanian airspace near Kaliningrad on 17 Sep 2026; Italian Eurofighters scrambled from Šiauliai. Single-sourced; crossing point unconfirmed. - Incident · 2026-09-18
Tudora drone crossing, Moldova, 17 Sep 2026
A drone crossed into Moldovan airspace near Tudora on September 17, 2026, then exited near Palanca two minutes later, Moldova's Defence Ministry said - the third such crossing in four days. - Brief · 2026-09-17
Namejs 2026: Latvia's national defence exercise reaches Riga
Latvia's Namejs 2026 exercise, running nationwide since September 2, entered an active Riga phase on September 16 with 12,000 troops and allied units. - Brief · 2026-09-17
Poland's ex-security chief: every Russian provocation should cost 1,000 drones
Jacek Siewiera, ex-head of Poland's National Security Bureau, proposed donating 1,000 drones to Ukraine per confirmed Russian provocation against NATO. - Incident · 2026-09-17
Baltic Sea: Russia fires flares at Danish helicopter
A Russian warship fired two flares at a Danish military helicopter in international waters off Gedser, Denmark, on September 14, 2026; one passed within meters of the aircraft. - Brief · 2026-09-16
Drills and drones: Belarus, Lithuania, and NATO converge, September 2026
Belarus and Lithuania are running border-area military drills through Sep 18, 2026, days after a wide NATO surveillance sweep from Murmansk to Kaliningrad. - Brief · 2026-09-16
Rassvet: Russia's own Starlink is starting to cover Ukraine
Russia's Rassvet satellite constellation now gives forces 1-1.5 hour communication windows over Ukraine, a step toward drone control beyond radio range. - Brief · 2026-09-16
Russia's drone strike near the diplomatic train at Yahodyn
A Russian drone hit a train locomotive at Yahodyn, Ukraine, 2 km from the Polish border, minutes after a train carrying Boris Johnson had passed through. - Incident · 2026-09-16
Smuggling drone found in a Pasvalys forest, months after crashing
A contraband drone was found crashed and overgrown with grass in a forest near Keneliai village, Pasvalys district, Lithuania, on September 16, 2026 - undetected for months. - Incident · 2026-09-15
Vilnius air alert: NATO jets down drone, Sep 15 2026
Lithuania issued a yellow-level air alert after a drone crossed from Belarus on September 15, 2026; NATO fighters destroyed it near Pratkūnai, Kaišiadorys District, and the all-clear came at 00:33. - Incident · 2026-09-14
Rusinowo beach drone, Sep 14, 2026 - Russian Gerbera
A suspected Russian Gerbera drone drifted ashore on a Baltic beach near Rusinowo, Western Pomeranian Voivodeship, on September 14, 2026, Poland's Defense Ministry said. - Incident · 2026-09-13
Lithuania air alert: radar mark was a bird flock, 13 Sep 2026
Lithuania's yellow-level air danger alert on 13 September 2026 was cancelled 29 minutes later; the radar mark was a bird flock, not a drone. - Incident · 2026-09-13
Gorni Varpishta munitions depot fire, 11 Sep 2026
A fire broke out at an EMCO ammunition depot near Gorni Varpishta, Bulgaria, on the night of September 11, 2026. No casualties; EMCO calls it sabotage, the government has not confirmed that. - Incident · 2026-09-09
Starokozache border crossing drone strike, 9 Sep 2026
Russian drones struck the Starokozache checkpoint on Ukraine's border with Moldova overnight, killing two civilians and wounding three on 9 September 2026. - Incident · 2026-09-09
Russian drone delays Zelenskyy, sets off RO-Alert
A Russian drone crossed Moldova into Romania and crashed near Mihăileni Vechi on 8 September 2026, closing Moldovan airspace and delaying Zelenskyy's flight to Oslo. - Brief · 2026-09-07
Estonia's defence minister resigns over failed €70m shell deal
Estonia committed roughly €70 million to an untested Italian-Indian supplier for Ukraine-bound shells; the rounds that arrived were faulty and Pevkur resigned. - Brief · 2026-09-06
Shelter 2026: Europe's largest civil defense drill since WWII
Finland ran a two-day, 2,000-participant civil defense exercise in Kuopio on September 2-3, 2026, weeks after a Russian Il-20 crossed into its airspace. - Brief · 2026-09-06
Hellenic Air Force F-4 Phantom crashes at Athens Flying Week, killing two pilots
An F-4E Phantom crashed during a low-level display at Tanagra Air Base on September 5, 2026, killing both pilots and starting a wildfire. - Brief · 2026-09-06
Ukraine confirms its Swedish-built ASC 890 radar plane is flying combat missions
Ukraine's Defense Ministry says its Swedish-donated ASC 890 early-warning aircraft has flown combat missions since March 2026, guiding its F-16, Mirage and Gripen fleets. - Incident · 2026-09-06
Russian Geoscan drone washes up on Finland's coast, 1 Sep 2026
A Russian-made Geoscan 701 mapping drone washed up near Porvoo, Finland, on September 1, 2026; Russia had already warned Finland that a civilian mapping drone had gone missing. - Incident · 2026-09-06
Russian Il-20 crosses into Finnish airspace, 20 Aug 2026
A Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft crossed roughly 8.7 km into Finnish airspace south of Utö island on August 20, 2026, staying for about three minutes; Finland summoned Russia's ambassador. - Incident · 2026-09-06
Two drones cross into Finnish airspace near Virolahti
Two drones crossed into Finnish airspace near Virolahti and off Hamina in the early hours of May 3, 2026, then exited toward Russia; investigators later attributed them to Ukraine. - Brief · 2026-09-05
US envoys land in Moscow with a war-ending proposal
Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Moscow on September 5, 2026 with a US proposal to end the war; the Kremlin says it ordered a pause on strikes against Kyiv for their visit there Sunday. - Incident · 2026-09-05
Bartoszyce drone, May 9, 2026 - crossed from Kaliningrad
A Russian-marked reconnaissance drone crossed from Kaliningrad into Poland and was found in a field near Bartoszyce on May 9, 2026, prosecutors said. - Incident · 2026-09-04
Preilack substation sabotage, 1 Sep 2026 - grid unharmed
Homemade explosive and incendiary devices hit the Preilack switching station feeding Germany's Jänschwalde power plant on September 1, 2026; officials called it an attempted act of sabotage. - Brief · 2026-09-03
Azerbaijan Depot Explosion Lands Amid Rising Russia Tension
A Goranboy district depot exploded on September 2, 2026 and forced 5,000 evacuations, the latest unexplained incident in a year of Russia-Azerbaijan friction. - Brief · 2026-09-03
Russia's Long-Range Aviation Commander Shot Near Engels
Nikolai Varpakhovich, the EU-sanctioned commander tied to the Okhmatdyt hospital strike, was shot near Russia's Engels bomber base on September 3, 2026. - Brief · 2026-09-03
Germany Hardened Against Russia on Four Fronts in Under a Week
A shut Russian consulate, two power-grid sabotage attempts, a firebombed defense-industry building, and Germany's first ballistic missile test all landed between 31 Aug and 4 Sep 2026. - Brief · 2026-09-03
Turkish Airlines Turn Back From Moscow After Zelensky Warning
Pegasus and Turkish Airlines diverted or canceled dozens of Moscow flights on September 2, 2026 after Zelensky warned Russian airspace is no longer safe. - Incident · 2026-09-03
Baltic Sea, 3 Sep 2026 - Polish jets intercept Il-20 again
Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft 40 km north of Ustka in the Baltic Sea on September 3, 2026; no Polish airspace violation. - Incident · 2026-09-03
Nakhchivan drone strikes, 5 Mar 2026 - Iran denies
Iranian drones hit Nakhchivan International Airport and a village near the Iranian border on March 5, 2026, injuring civilians; Iran denied responsibility. - Incident · 2026-09-02
Vilnius drone maker RSI Europe, 30 Aug 2026 - wreath threat
Funeral wreaths and a photo of RSI Europe's chief executive, tied with a black mourning ribbon, were left outside the Vilnius drone maker's offices in late August 2026. - Incident · 2026-09-01
Viișoara drone, 1 Sep 2026 - SRI detonates explosive cargo
A drone carrying explosives crashed near Viișoara, Vaslui County, roughly 30 km from Moldova on 1 Sep 2026; Romania's SRI detonated it safely, no injuries. - Incident · 2026-09-01
Latvia and Estonia drone alerts, 1 Sep 2026 - NATO jets scrambled
Overnight drone alerts across Latvia's Aluksne municipality and eight Estonian counties on 1 Sep 2026 prompted NATO to scramble Turkish F-16s from Amari; no drone was confirmed downed. - Incident · 2026-09-01
Baltic Sea, 31 Aug 2026 - Polish jets intercept Il-20 again
Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft 30 km north of Leba in the Baltic Sea before noon on August 31, 2026; no Polish airspace violation. - Brief · 2026-08-31
A Ukrainian Ground Robot Watched Its Own Rear Camera to Dodge an FPV Drone
A Termit UGV swerved out of an FPV drone's path mid-delivery on July 30, 2026, the operator spotting the threat through the robot's own rear-facing camera. - Incident · 2026-08-31
Skarżysko-Kamienna drone-plant arson attempt, 31 Aug 2026
A man broke into a WB Electronics drone-parts plant in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland, and threw an incendiary device into a production hall just after midnight on August 31, 2026. - Brief · 2026-08-30
Gordon Bennett Balloons Cross Lithuania's Suwałki Gap
Gordon Bennett Cup teams are airborne over Lithuania this week, near the gap where Belarus shot down a competing balloon in 1995. - Incident · 2026-08-26
Palanca drone crossing, Moldova, 26 Aug 2026
A drone crossed into Moldova near Palanca on August 26, 2026; five more crossed the same border overnight into Moldova's Independence Day, its Defence Ministry said. - Brief · 2026-08-25
Ukraine's Independence Day Parade Was Robots, Not Soldiers
Kyiv's 35th Independence Day parade on 24 August put uncrewed ground, air and sea systems in front of formations for the first time, with no marching troops or crewed armor. - Brief · 2026-08-25
CIA director flew to Moscow after NATO's Kaliningrad surge
CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew into Moscow on August 25, 2026 aboard the US C-17 that landed a week after NATO's largest Kaliningrad air package of the year, CBS News reported. - Brief · 2026-08-22
Storm kills one in Lithuania, border winds hit 122 km/h
One system crossed four countries on August 22, 2026. A falling tree killed a man in Lithuania, Poland logged 7,754 fire callouts, and three kilometers up the border wind hit 122 km/h. - Brief · 2026-08-21
Bulgaria's second F-16 batch slips three years, to 2030
Lockheed Martin told Bulgaria on 14 August its second batch of eight F-16 Block 70s, due in 2027, won't arrive before Q2 2030. - Incident · 2026-08-21
Neptun Deep naval drone, 20 Aug 2026 - Romania scrambles F-16s
An explosive-laden naval drone was spotted near Romania's Neptun Deep gas platform in the Black Sea on August 20, 2026. Romanian F-16s destroyed it; von der Leyen called it hybrid warfare. - Brief · 2026-08-20
Four hits on Ukraine's defence supply chain in eleven days
Ammunition plants, an airport, and a robotics maker tied to Ukraine's supply chain caught fire, exploded, or came under threat in eleven days this August. - Incident · 2026-08-20
Tallinn arson, 15 Aug 2026 - Russia blamed
Estonia said on September 29 that the August 15 arson at a Milrem Robotics building in Tallinn was sabotage commissioned by Russian special services; three suspects are in custody. - Brief · 2026-08-19
NATO's Kaliningrad exercise amid Russia's UK threat
NATO flew a large unannounced air package near Kaliningrad on August 18, 2026, days after Russia's embassy threatened the UK over Ukrainian drone strikes. - Incident · 2026-08-16
Cudalbi drone, 16 Aug 2026 - Spanish F-18s down it in 17 min
Two Spanish F-18s shot down a drone that crossed into Romania from Moldova on August 16, 2026, intercepting it near Băleni and Cudalbi, Galați County, 17 minutes after it was detected. - Incident · 2026-08-15
Belitsa munitions plant explosion, 10 Aug 2026
An explosion tore through an EMCO ammunition depot near Belitsa, Bulgaria, on August 10, 2026 after a truck fire spread to a warehouse; no casualties, cause still under investigation. - Incident · 2026-08-14
NATO jets shoot down drone over Balvi - Latvia's second intercept
On August 14, 2026, NATO jets shot down a foreign drone over Latvia's Balvi region after Russian electronic warfare diverted it into NATO airspace - Latvia's second aerial intercept in two months. - Incident · 2026-08-13
Colleferro munitions plant explosion, 13 Aug 2026
An explosion tore through the KNDS Ammo Italy munitions plant near Rome on August 13, 2026; all 24 workers on site evacuated safely before the blast. - Brief · 2026-08-12
Lithuania's Border Fortification Deadline Slips to 2028 as the Plan Nearly Doubles
Lithuania's government approved a revised counter-mobility plan August 12, 2026: the deadline moves to December 2028 as the network grows from 27 to 50 sites. - Brief · 2026-08-11
The Companies Racing to Out-Boeing Boeing Have Never Flown a Full-Size Plane
JetZero and Natilus, two blended-wing-body startups backed by over a billion dollars combined, have each flown only a subscale prototype. - Brief · 2026-08-10
How the Baltics Stopped Hesitating Before Shooting Down Drones
Latvia's government fell over a drone it didn't shoot down. Twelve days later Estonia shot one down for the first time. Lithuania needed two separate laws to remove the hesitation for good. - Incident · 2026-08-09
Kardam drone, 8 Aug 2026 - exploded near gas pipeline
A drone crossed into Bulgaria from Romania and exploded near a Trans-Balkan gas pipeline compressor station on August 8, 2026; neither country detected it before impact - no casualties were reported. - Incident · 2026-08-07
Leipzig/Halle drone, 4 Aug 2026 - targeted Ukrainian plane
An explosive-laden drone targeted a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany, on August 4, 2026; only a failed detonator prevented an explosion. - Brief · 2026-08-06
Why Lithuania's Storm Alerts Follow Backlash, Not Just Risk
LHMT sent a Level-2 alert for weather that never arrived, five days after staying silent through a flood that did real damage. The alert followed public criticism, not a change in risk. - Brief · 2026-08-05
Russia Rebuilds Captured Ukrainian Drones for False-Flag Strikes
A Ukrainian presidential drone adviser says Russia is repairing recovered Ukrainian FP-1/FP-2 drones, likely to stage strikes on NATO states that look Ukrainian-made. - Brief · 2026-08-03
Ukraine's Heavy-Lift Drones Are Delivering Explosives at Range
A heavy-lift multicopter carries a mine-armed robot to a Russian position, releases it, and flies home. Russian battlefield footage circulated 19 July; Forbes confirmed the same operation with additional detail on 3 August. - Incident · 2026-08-02
Periprava drone, 2 Aug 2026 - Romania does not engage
A drone crossed into Romanian airspace near the Danube Delta on August 2, 2026; Romania issued a RO-Alert but did not engage, unlike three prior intercepts that week. - Brief · 2026-08-01
Latvia's Belarus border closure exposes an infrastructure gap
Belarus redirected migrant pressure onto Latvia's border in 2026. Two unfinished infrastructure layers explain the strain: surveillance and rail. - Incident · 2026-07-30
Tarnawa-Kolonia missile impact, July 30, 2026 - NATO airspace
A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crossed into Poland on July 30, 2026, impacting farmland in Lublin Voivodeship and leaving a 10-meter crater approximately 90 km inside NATO territory. - Incident · 2026-07-27
Romania's Danube Delta: four airspace incursions, July 2026
Romanian F-16s shot down three drones over the Danube Delta on July 24–26, 2026. A fourth entered east of Sulina on 27 July and flew to Ukraine without intercept. - Incident · 2026-07-26
Romanian F-16 downs drone over Black Sea near Sulina
A Romanian F-16 shot down a drone 12 km northeast of Sulina over Romanian Black Sea waters at 10:13 EEST on July 26, 2026 - the third intercept in three days. - Incident · 2026-07-25
Romanian F-16 downs drone near Sfântu Gheorghe, July 25, 2026
Romanian F-16 shot down a Shahed-type drone 10 km west of Sfântu Gheorghe in the Danube Delta at 05:30 UTC on July 25, 2026 - Romania's second drone intercept in less than 24 hours. - Brief · 2026-07-24
Germany Deploys to Poland's East Shield: 61 km Completed
Bundeswehr engineers in Poland since June 2026 digging anti-tank ditches under the 10 billion PLN East Shield programme on the Belarus and Kaliningrad frontier. - Incident · 2026-07-24
Romanian F-16 downs drone near Buzău, first over Romania
Romania's first drone intercept in its own airspace: F-16 from the 86th Air Base shot down an unidentified drone near Padina, Buzău county at 11:02 EEST on July 24, 2026. - Incident · 2026-07-24
Kotka drone alerts, July 2026 - four Gulf of Finland closures
Finland imposed four temporary airspace and maritime restrictions on the eastern Gulf of Finland between 2 and July 18, 2026, each linked to Ukrainian drone strikes near St Petersburg. - Brief · 2026-07-22
NATO Air Defense Now Has Three Cost Tiers. Ukraine Built One.
Eastern European drone threats forced NATO to restructure air defense: Patriot ACE, Ukrainian Sting interceptors, and European co-production. Ukraine's supply chain became critical. - Brief · 2026-07-21
Poland Runs ALARM 2026, a Nationwide Civil Defence Exercise
On July 21, 2026, Poland ran ALARM 2026: nationwide sirens across all 16 voivodeships, military deployment in the Opole-Zawadzkie-Turawa area, and simultaneous activation of emergency services. - Brief · 2026-07-19
Ukraine Landed an Armed Robot Ashore by Drone Boat. A First.
On July 13, 2026, Ukraine's 123rd Brigade used an unmanned surface vessel to land an armed ground robot on Russian-occupied Kinburn Spit, the first documented USV-to-UGV combat delivery in warfare. - Incident · 2026-07-18
Baltic Sea, 16 Jul 2026 - Su-30 and Il-20M intercepted
Polish QRA fighters intercepted two Russian Su-30s then an Il-20M in the same sortie over the Baltic Sea on July 16, 2026, 30 km north of Jastrzębia Góra. - Incident · 2026-07-18
Baltic Sea, 15 Jul 2026 - Polish jets intercept Russian Su-30s
Polish and Swedish fighter jets intercepted two Russian Su-30SM2 aircraft from Kaliningrad over the Baltic Sea on July 15, 2026, one day after a Russian Il-20 ELINT mission over the same waters. - Brief · 2026-07-16
Lithuania Gets SENTINEL Radars From Latvia for NASAMS
Latvia is transferring SENTINEL air-defence radars to Lithuania at US suggestion, extending the Baltic NASAMS network at no cost to Vilnius. - Incident · 2026-07-16
Baltic Sea, 14 Jul 2026 - Polish F-16s intercept Russian Il-20
Polish F-16s intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft 30 km north of Ustka in the Baltic Sea on July 14, 2026; Polish Defence Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz called it a large-scale provocation. - Brief · 2026-07-14
Dragoon Fury 26: Counter-Drone Drills at Kazlų Rūda
Lithuania's Dragoon Battalion began Dragoon Fury 26 at Kazlų Rūda on July 13, 2026, drilling counter-drone defence as Russian drones keep crossing its airspace. - Brief · 2026-07-14
The Iranian Drone Built in Russia That Keeps Landing in Poland
The Shahed-136 that crosses into Polish airspace is an Iranian design built in Russia. How the Alabuga supply chain puts the same drone over NATO's border. - Brief · 2026-07-14
Sky Fortress: Lithuania's Acoustic Net Against Drones
Sky Fortress is a Ukrainian network of cheap acoustic sensors that detects drones and cruise missiles by sound. Lithuania is fielding it from 2026. - Brief · 2026-07-13
The Sonic Boom Over Northern Lithuania: NATO Air Policing
Lithuania's armed forces warned residents of sonic booms from a NATO fighter exercise on July 13, five days after Baltic Air Policing was upgraded to an air defence mission with new intercept authority. - Incident · 2026-07-13
Geran-2 drone crashes near Kopanka, Moldova, 13 Jul 2026
A Russian Geran-2 drone crossed into Moldova and exploded near Copanca during an overnight strike on Odesa, prompting Chișinău to summon Russia's ambassador and issue a formal protest. - Incident · 2026-07-11
Romania - five naval drones destroyed in Black Sea, July 2026
Romanian forces detected and destroyed five Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea between May and July 2026, acting Defence Minister Radu Miruță disclosed on July 11, 2026. - Brief · 2026-07-09
21 Ships in 72 Hours: Ukraine Strikes Russia's Crimea Supply Line
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck 21 Russian shadow fleet vessels in 72 hours starting July 6, 2026 - then kept going. By 18 July, Operation MoLoChKa had hit 172 vessels in 13 days - 118 in the Sea of Azov, 54 in the Black Sea. - Incident · 2026-07-07
Tulcea drone alert, July 7, 2026 - Eurofighters scrambled
Romania issued a RO-Alert for northern Tulcea County on July 7, 2026 after radar detected a drone group near Snake Island; NATO Eurofighters scrambled and the alert was lifted after 73 minutes. - Incident · 2026-07-07
Four contraband drones intercepted at Druskininkai in one night
Lithuanian border guards landing four smuggling drones at once carrying 5,000+ packs of Belarusian cigarettes - the largest simultaneous drone interception in VSAT operational history. - Brief · 2026-07-06
Ukrainian Drones Hit Baltic Ports: Sanctions by Range
On Lithuania's Statehood Day, Ukrainian long-range drone strikes hit Russian Leningrad ports. This is economic warfare, not military maturation, and it explains Russia's militarization of civilian infrastructure. - Brief · 2026-07-03
The Drone Campaign That's Emptying Russian Petrol Stations
Ukraine has struck over 50 Russian oil facilities since March. About a third of Russia's refining capacity is offline. Putin acknowledged queues at petrol stations last week. - Brief · 2026-07-03
Ukraine's Long-Range Sanctions Cut Russia's EU Rail Links
Zelenskyy calls Ukraine's refinery strikes 'long-range sanctions.' On 1 July, Russia closed seven rail crossings with Finland, Estonia and Latvia - no explanation given. The target zone explains it. - Brief · 2026-07-01
Russia Arms Civilian LNG Carrier: Direct Response to Drone Threat
Surveillance images show Russia installing machine guns on a Gazprom LNG carrier in the Baltic, signaling military escalation in response to proven Ukrainian drone capability. - Brief · 2026-06-28
US Special Forces Sank a Ship With a Ukrainian Drone
Uforce's Magura sank a decommissioned ship in the Philippines for U.S. Special Forces. The same system downed two Russian Su-30s and two Mi-8 helicopters over the Black Sea. - Brief · 2026-06-27
Lithuania Orders 936 Patria 6x6 Vehicles. KOVO Armor Builds Them.
Lithuania's State Defence Council announced procurement of 936 Patria 6x6s in May 2026. The MoU with KOVO Armor puts local production on the table. - Incident · 2026-06-24
Puvočiai balloon payload, Jun 2026 - students find cargo box
Vilnius University geography students discovered a contraband balloon payload at the Puvočiai field base in Varėna district during field practice in June 2026. - Incident · 2026-06-22
Baltic Sea, 20 Jun 2026 - third AN-30 sortie in three weeks
NATO fighters identified an AN-30, Su-24MR and Su-35 flying from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia on June 20, 2026, the AN-30's third logged sortie in three weeks. - Brief · 2026-06-19
Latvia Makes Drone and Balloon Smuggling a More Serious Crime
Latvia's Saeima passed Criminal Law amendments on 18 June making airborne devices an aggravating circumstance in smuggling offences. What it covers and why it took this long. - Brief · 2026-06-19
Ukraine Opens a Trophy Database. Tracked Drones Are in It.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence launched TrophyLab on 19 June - a platform giving verified partners access to technical documentation on captured Russian weapons, including the drones AirVeto covers. - Brief · 2026-06-18
194 Drones Over Moscow
On 18 June, Ukrainian drones struck Moscow's Kapotnya refinery for the second time in a week. The largest drone raid on the Russian capital since the full-scale war began. - Brief · 2026-06-16
Baltic Air Policing: Who Scrambles, and When Do They Shoot?
How NATO's Baltic Air Policing works: the two bases, the rotation, and what it took to go from scramble to shoot-down in May and June 2026. - Brief · 2026-06-15
Why Ukrainian Drones Keep Ending Up in NATO Airspace
How Russian EW diverts Ukrainian drones into NATO airspace. Kouvola (March 2026) and Nautrēni (June 2026) as worked examples, with AirVeto wind layer context. - Brief · 2026-06-15
Gallant Boar 2026: NATO Exercises the Suwałki Gap This Week
Lithuania, Poland, and France run joint drills in the Suwałki Gap June 16–26. What the exercise covers, why the gap still defines Baltic defence planning, and what the wind looks like over it this week. - Incident · 2026-06-13
Balloon from Belarus triggers Vilnius alert, fighters scrambled
Lithuania issued a yellow-level air alert for Vilnius on June 13, 2026 after a meteorological balloon drifted from Belarus. All-clear after 23 minutes. - Brief · 2026-06-11
Delta, Palantir, SitaWare: Battlefield Systems Compared
Side-by-side comparison of the three battlefield management systems used by Ukraine, the US, and Lithuania, with where AirVeto's public wind layer fits. - Brief · 2026-06-11
Squall Over the Suwałki Gap: What 25 m/s Winds Mean
Lithuania's hydrometeorological service issued an orange warning for Vilnius, Utena, and Panevėžys counties on June 11, 2026. Wind gusts of 25 m/s are sweeping the exact border zones AirVeto monitors. - Brief · 2026-06-09
Polish F-35 Husarz: Flyover of Kraków, Warsaw, and Gdańsk
Poland's first F-35A Husarz jets overfly Kraków, Warsaw, and Gdańsk on June 12, 2026. The program, the pilots, and what it means for NATO's eastern flank. - Incident · 2026-06-08
French jets shoot down drone over Nautrēni, Latvia's first
On June 8, 2026, NATO jets shot down a foreign drone over Nautrēni Parish, Rēzekne Municipality - the first confirmed aerial intercept of a drone entering Latvian airspace from abroad. - Incident · 2026-06-08
Balloon closes Vilnius airport, four flights diverted
Belarusian balloon markers closed Vilnius Airport from 01:18 to 04:00 EEST on June 8, 2026, disrupting five flights and 453 passengers; four aircraft were diverted, including two to Kaunas. - Incident · 2026-06-05
Sea drone explodes at Constanta port, June 5, 2026
A Ukrainian sea drone exploded at Berth 78 of Romania's Constanta port at 10:27 on June 5, 2026. Kyiv warned Romania 33 minutes earlier, 3 hours 34 minutes after the first sighting. - Incident · 2026-06-03
Drones trigger alerts across six counties in Estonia and Latvia
Overnight drone alerts across six Estonian counties and Latvia's Alūksne municipality on the night of June 2–3, 2026 - NATO air policing scrambled; no drone was confirmed destroyed. - Incident · 2026-05-29
Russian Geran-2 strikes apartment block in Galați, Romania
A Russian Geran-2 drone hit a Galați apartment block on May 29, 2026, injuring two residents - the first Russian drone to injure civilians on NATO territory. - Brief · 2026-05-28
Ukraine Launches Strike Drones From Helium Balloons
Ukraine is releasing Hornet AI strike drones from aerostats at 8,000 m to double effective range. The wind at that altitude sets the release window. - Incident · 2026-05-23
Drone explodes on impact with Dridža Lake, Latvia
An unidentified drone crashed into Dridža Lake in Krāslava Municipality, Latvia, on May 23, 2026 and exploded on impact; no injuries were reported, and no detection alert was issued beforehand. - Incident · 2026-05-21
Two drones vanish from radar over Utena, Lithuania
Lithuania's second air-danger alert in two days - radar tracked two objects toward Utena on May 21, 2026; NATO fighters were scrambled, but both signatures were lost. - Incident · 2026-05-21
Two drone signatures vanish over Krāslava and Rēzekne, Latvia
A drone air-threat alert covered Krāslava, Rēzekne, Ludza, and Augšdaugava on May 21, 2026; a drone was detected but not recovered, two days after the five-county shelter of 19 May. - Brief · 2026-05-20
How not to report important data
A Lithuanian air-danger alert on May 20, 2026 shut an airport and emptied platforms while telling residents next to nothing. Three things it got wrong. - Incident · 2026-05-20
Drone alert shuts Vilnius airport, president moved to shelter
An unidentified radar mark from Belarus triggered Lithuania's air-danger alert on May 20, 2026, closing Vilnius Airport and moving officials to shelter; lifted at 10:58 with no impact confirmed. - Incident · 2026-05-19
Drones trigger five-county shelter alert in eastern Latvia
A drone entering from the direction of Russia triggered shelter-in-place orders across Latgale and Vidzeme on May 19, 2026, suspending train services across the affected zone. - Incident · 2026-05-19
Romanian F-16 shoots down drone over Estonia, NATO first
On May 19, 2026, a Romanian NATO F-16 from the Baltic Air Policing detachment shot down an intruding drone near Kablaküla, Estonia - the first NATO fighter intercept of a drone over Baltic airspace. - Incident · 2026-05-19
Smuggling balloons land near MP's home in Trakai, Lithuania
Two smuggling balloons carrying contraband cigarettes came down near a lake in Trakai district early on the morning of May 19, 2026, a few houses from Lithuanian MP Edita Rudelienė's home. - Incident · 2026-05-17
Drone found radar-undetected in Samanė, Utena district
A destroyed drone was found near Samanė village, Utena district, on May 17, 2026; Lithuanian radars had not detected it in flight, and preliminary markings suggested Ukrainian origin. - Incident · 2026-05-15
Drone closes Helsinki-Vantaa airport in first-ever HEL shutdown
A drone alert closed Helsinki-Vantaa airport 04:00–07:19 EEST on May 15, 2026, triggering shelter-in-place for 1.8 million people; flights diverted to Stockholm and Rovaniemi. - Incident · 2026-05-13
Belarus balloon carries 9,000 cigarettes into Kaunas, Lithuania
A balloon carrying ~9,000 cigarette packs landed in Šančiai, Kaunas, on May 13, 2026; the ICON wind field shows a sustained flow pushing north from the Hrodna (Grodno) oblast of Belarus. - Incident · 2026-05-07
Drones strike Rēzekne oil depot, trigger Latvia political crisis
Two drones struck the Rēzekne oil-storage facility in Latvia on May 7, 2026, damaging four fuel tanks and triggering the resignations of the defence minister and prime minister. - Incident · 2026-04-25
Ukrainian drone crashes in residential Galați, Romania
A Russian Geran-2 drone crashed in the Bariera Traian district of northern Galați on April 25, 2026, damaging a farm outbuilding and an electricity pole. No one was hurt. - Brief · 2026-04-24
Three months of cross-border inflow
Five months of incident reconstructions along the EU's eastern frontier reveal three patterns that country-level weather services can't show. - Brief · 2026-04-18
Reading the Suwałki Gap
The Suwałki Gap is 65 km wide, flanked by Belarus and Kaliningrad. What its wind field looks like and which altitude layer predicts most incidents. - Incident · 2026-04-11
Ukrainian drone warhead detonates near Iitti, Finland
A Ukrainian drone with an unexploded warhead crashed in Perheniemi, Iitti, Finland on April 11, 2026; EOD detonated it around 20:00 EEST. NBI opened two probes. - Incident · 2026-04-10
Balloons close Vilnius airport for almost seven hours
Vilnius Airport (EYVI) was closed for almost seven hours on April 9–10, 2026 after suspected smuggling balloons entered approach airspace from the Belarusian direction. - Incident · 2026-03-31
Ukrainian Chaika crashes into Finnish lake near Russia
A Ukrainian Chaika drone with an unexploded warhead crashed on frozen Lake Pyhäjärvi near Parikkala, Finland, on March 31, 2026, 2 km from the Russian border. - Incident · 2026-03-31
Seven-county drone alert triggers EE-ALARM across Estonia
Estonia issued EE-ALARM across seven counties overnight on March 30–31, 2026 after the EDF reported potential drone sightings. A Finnair flight turned back; the alert cleared by 06:00 on 31 March. - Incident · 2026-03-29
Ukrainian drones crash near Kouvola, Finland after EW jamming
Two Ukrainian drones crashed in southeastern Finland on March 29, 2026 after Russian EW jamming diverted them from a Ukrainian strike on Ust-Luga oil terminal. - Incident · 2026-03-26
Ukrainian drone found crashed near Parcheș, Tulcea, Romania
A Russian Geran/Shahed strike drone crashed near Parcheș, Tulcea County, Romania at 00:44 local on March 26, 2026, after crossing 4 km into Romanian territory. No casualties or damage were recorded. - Incident · 2026-03-25
Ukrainian drone strikes Auvere power station, Estonia
A Ukrainian drone entered Estonia from Russia and struck the Auvere power station chimney on March 25, 2026. Energy transmission was unaffected and no one was hurt. - Incident · 2026-03-25
Ukrainian drone crashes in Dobročina, Krāslava, Latvia
A Ukrainian military drone crossed into Latvia from Russia and detonated near Dobročina village, Krāslava municipality, in the early hours of March 25, 2026. Radar and acoustic sensors tracked it. - Incident · 2026-03-23
Ukrainian drone crashes into Lake Lavysas, Lithuania
A Ukrainian military drone crashed near Lake Lavysas, Varėna district, in the early hours of March 23, 2026. Radar missed it; the Prime Minister blamed Russian electronic warfare. - Incident · 2026-03-12
Gerbera decoy found at Gałczyce mine, undetected since September
A lignite mine worker at Gałczyce, Poland found a Russian Gerbera decoy on March 12, 2026 - undetected since the September 9-10, 2025 mass drone incursion. - Incident · 2026-03-11
Norway, 10-11 Mar 2026 - Il-20M Coot, transponder off
Norwegian F-35s intercepted a Russian Il-20M reconnaissance aircraft off Finnmark two days running during NATO's Exercise Cold Response 2026, transponder off on the second day. - Incident · 2026-02-25
Øresund drone, 25 Feb 2026 - jammed near French carrier
A drone launched from a Russian intelligence ship was jammed by the Swedish Navy in the Øresund strait on February 25, 2026, while the French carrier Charles de Gaulle was docked at Malmö. - Incident · 2026-02-25
Drone enters Romanian airspace near Sfântu Gheorghe, Tulcea
A Russian Shahed/Geran-type strike drone entered Romanian airspace near Sfântu Gheorghe, Danube Delta, on February 25, 2026, and exited over the Black Sea near Sulina without dropping debris on land. - Incident · 2026-02-07
Record seven balloon shipments intercepted in southern Lithuania
Lithuanian border guards intercepted seven balloon-borne cigarette shipments in Varėna, Lazdijai and Druskininkai on February 6, 2026, the most in one day that year. - Incident · 2026-02-01
Two smuggling balloons land on Šventoji coast, Lithuania
A twin-envelope balloon crossed Lithuania east to west at 1–3 km altitude on January 31, 2026, arriving over Šventoji on the Baltic coast at around 09:00 local time. - Incident · 2026-01-28
Eight smuggling balloons intercepted near Vilnius airport
Eight balloons entered Lithuanian airspace near Vilnius Airport at 03:00 UTC on January 28, 2026; four suspects were arrested. AirVeto's 7 km wind log shows ~71 km/h flow pushing NNW from Belarus. - Incident · 2026-01-28
Drone lands 70 meters from Polish EW base at Przasnysz
A drone crashed 70 meters from Poland's 2nd Radio-Electronic Centre at Przasnysz on January 28, 2026, with no intercept means deployed. Military police are investigating; origin undetermined. - Incident · 2026-01-22
Belarus balloons reach Podlaskie and Lublin, 17 Jan 2026
Border Guard and police recovered smuggling balloons across Podlaskie and Lublin voivodeships on 17 January 2026, after dozens of objects flew in from Belarus overnight. - Incident · 2026-01-18
Drone lands near Tănăsoaia - first in Vrancea County, Romania
Drone fragments were found in Tănăsoaia, Vrancea County on January 18, 2026 - the first confirmed drone find in Vrancea, adding a new county to Romania's airspace-violation record. - Incident · 2025-12-25
Russian IL-20M shadows balloon drop over Podlaskie, Poland
Polish jets intercepted a Russian IL-20M ELINT aircraft over the Baltic on December 25, 2025 while Belarusian balloons crossed Podlaskie - analysts called it a coordinated hybrid probe. - Incident · 2025-12-25
Smuggling balloons land across Białystok and Podlaskie, Poland
On December 24, 2025, AirVeto's model showed a Belarus→Poland crossing zone; from that day, Podlaskie police logged four balloon-smuggling reports, one of them about 61 km inside Poland. - Incident · 2025-11-25
Gerbera decoy found 100 km inland near Puiești, Romania
A Gerbera-type Russian drone crashed 100+ km inland near Puiești, Vaslui County on November 25, 2025, found by a resident behind their house; no warhead, first confirmed daylight breach in Romania. - Incident · 2025-11-24
Seven smuggling balloons recovered across Latgale, Latvia
NBS radar tracked seven to eight Belarusian smuggling balloons crossing into Latgale on the night of November 23–24, 2025, carrying more than 720,000 cigarettes. - Incident · 2025-11-19
Romania scrambles four jets over Tulcea-Galați, drone vanishes
A drone penetrated 8 km into Romanian NATO airspace near Tulcea-Galați on November 19, 2025; two Romanian F-16s and two German Eurofighters were scrambled. Origin uncertain, no wreckage recovered. - Incident · 2025-11-10
Drone crash near Grindu grounds Romanian jets, triggers RO-Alert
A drone crashed near Grindu, Tulcea County on November 10, 2025; weather grounded Romanian F-16s and the jets were not scrambled. RO-Alert issued at 00:07, debris confirmed at the site. - Incident · 2025-11-06
Landvetter drone closure, 6 Nov 2025 - 24 flights cancelled
Drones forced the closure of Göteborg Landvetter, Sweden's second-largest airport, for roughly 3.5 hours on November 6, 2025, cancelling 24 flights and delaying dozens more. - Incident · 2025-09-15
Drone neutralised near Warsaw Belweder presidential palace
A drone was neutralised over Warsaw's Belweder Palace district at 17:00 UTC on September 15, 2025; a Belarusian woman and a Ukrainian man were detained and charged. - Incident · 2025-09-13
Drone loiters over Chilia Veche, Romania for 50 minutes
A Russian drone entered Romanian NATO airspace near Chilia Veche on September 13, 2025 and loitered for 50 minutes before returning to Ukraine; four NATO jets scrambled but did not intercept it. - Incident · 2025-09-09
Stray Polish AIM-120 strikes house in Wyryki-Wola
During Russia's Sep 9-10, 2025 drone incursion into Poland, a Polish F-16's AIM-120 AMRAAM malfunctioned and struck a house in Wyryki-Wola, Włodawa County. It did not detonate. - Incident · 2025-09-06
Russian Gerbera decoy found in field near Majdan Sielec, Poland
A Russian Gerbera decoy drone was found near Majdan Sielec, Poland, on September 6, 2025, roughly 50 km from the Ukrainian border. Pre-flight markings confirmed Russian origin. - Incident · 2025-08-20
Shahed drone crashes near Osiny, undetected for 2.5 hours
A Russian Shahed drone with a Chinese MD550 engine crashed near Osiny, Łuków County, Poland around 02:00 CEST on August 20, 2025, after flying undetected for 2.5 hours.
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Glossary (22)
- Drone
Shahed-136
Iranian-designed one-way attack drone, mass-produced by Russia as the Geran-2; the loitering munition most frequently detected crossing into EU airspace. - Drone
Gerbera
Russian fixed-wing decoy drone that mimics the Shahed-136 profile to overload Ukrainian air defence, increasingly fitted with warheads for direct strikes. - Drone
Chaika
Ukrainian fixed-wing decoy drone easily mistaken in flight for the larger AN-196 Liutyi; a March 2026 Finland incident required a public correction. - Drone
Loitering munition
Umbrella term for a guided drone built to loiter over or fly toward a target before diving in and detonating; slower and more wind-affected than a missile. - Drone
Magura V5
Ukrainian unmanned strike boat operated by military intelligence against Russia's Black Sea Fleet, credited with over 17 warships sunk or damaged since 2023. - Drone
Hornet
US-built, AI-enabled one-way strike drone used by Ukraine against Russian logistics routes linking Russia to occupied Crimea. Not confirmed in any EU border incident. - Drone
Lancet
Russian tactical loitering munition used against Ukrainian artillery and armour near the front line; not confirmed in EU airspace. - Drone
Orlan-10
Russian reconnaissance and electronic-warfare drone used for artillery spotting inside Ukraine; almost entirely absent from EU airspace incidents. - Drone
DART
Ukrainian glide munition launched from stratospheric balloons, designed to defeat jamming by shutting off navigation before impact. - Drone
Italmas
Russian long-range loitering munition, built by Lancet-maker ZALA Aero, flown in mixed raids alongside Shahed and Gerbera drones since 2023. - Drone
AN-196 Liutyi
Ukraine's long-range strike drone built to answer the Shahed-136; the airframe Chaika is frequently mistaken for in EU airspace incidents. - Drone
Sea Baby
Ukrainian heavy naval strike drone operated by the SBU; struck the Kerch Bridge twice and now carries rocket and machine-gun variants. - Ground robot
GOBLIN
Polish unmanned ground vehicle for reconnaissance and casualty evacuation, tested defending the Suwałki Gap during NATO's Gallant Boar 2026 exercise. - Ground robot
GNOM
Polish ground-launched loitering munition, GOBLIN's smaller sibling, tested for kinetic strikes on armour during 2025 and 2026 NATO exercises. - System
Patria 6x6
Finnish 6x6 armoured personnel carrier and the base platform for NATO's multinational CAVS programme; Lithuania announced plans to procure 936 units in May 2026. - System
Sky Fortress
Ukrainian network of low-cost acoustic sensors that detects drones and cruise missiles by sound rather than radar; Lithuania is fielding the system from 2026 to complement its radar-based air defence. - Electronic warfare
GPS spoofing
Technique that broadcasts counterfeit satellite signals to make a receiver report a false position; documented against tankers in the Gulf of Finland. - Electronic warfare
GNSS jamming
Technique that overpowers satellite-navigation frequencies with noise, denying any position fix; persistent over the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad. - Electronic warfare
Datalink override
Suspected technique for hijacking a drone's command or navigation link mid-flight; the Baltic incidents linked to it show broad electronic-warfare diversion, not confirmed link takeover. - Electronic warfare
Tobol
Russian stationary electronic-warfare complex in Kaliningrad, repeatedly identified as a source of GPS jamming across the Baltic and Poland. - System
Baltic Sentry
NATO's ongoing maritime mission to protect Baltic Sea undersea cables and pipelines, launched after suspected sabotage of a Finland-Estonia power link. - System
FREYJA
Ukraine-led pan-European anti-ballistic missile interceptor (FP-7.X), developed with nine NATO partners, targeting a unit cost of $700,000 and operational within 12 months.
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