Published on
23/08/2026 - 11:59 GMT+2
Europe continues to struggle with the consequences of extreme weather, with Serbia, Bosnia, Spain, and Poland all facing severe conditions.
In Serbia, the EU has sent helicopters and firefighters to support local crews battling a blaze that has engulfed more than 1,600 hectares of vegetation in the Deliblatska Pescara nature reserve, 60 kilometres east of Belgrade. The effort is also being assisted by a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 water bomber deployed since Thursday, alongside several Serbian army helicopters.
"The situation is extremely difficult," says Ivica Dacic, Serbia's Interior Minister, adding that "more than 400 people are deployed there on a daily basis."
