Airlines may review their risk assessments in Poland after the country was forced to shoot down drones in its airspace with the backing of military aircraft from NATO allies.

Donald Tusk says operation launched after ‘repeated violations of Polish airspace’

Prime Minister Donald Tusk says military defences deployed after 'multiple violations of Polish airspace'.

Poland's military command said Polish airspace was repeatedly violated by "drone-type objects" during the Russian attack across the border in Ukraine.

It was the first time the NATO member directly engaged with Russian military assets in its airspace since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the drones posed a “direct threat” to his country and were therefore shot down.

Donald Tusk condemned incursion and said Nato had been alerted over the first major breach of European airspace since the start of the Ukraine war

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Wednesday 10 September 2025 08:48 BSTAn F-16C fighter aircraft performs during the Antidotum airshow in Leszno, Greater Poland region, on June 22, 2024 (AFP via Getty…

The incident marks the first time the NATO member has directly engaged Russian assets in its airspace since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

European leaders condemned Wednesday the suspected Russian violation of Polish airspace after multiple drones were shot down – a first for any NATO...

NATO engaged with Russia's military for the first time overnight after Polish and Dutch fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian drones above Poland.

Poland to invoke article 4 of the NATO treaty, calling for consultation within the alliance over security.

Poland's military command called the incursion an "act of aggression," while Ukraine's president warned it set "an extremely dangerous precedent for Europe."

The Nato response to Russian drones targeting Poland must go beyond diplomatic disapproval – and result in real action, writes Keir Giles. Failure to do so will encourage Putin to…

Whether the drone incursion was deliberate or accidental, Moscow will be watching Nato's response to it closely.

Poland's prime minister condemned the violation of the country's airspace, saying: 'This situation brings us all closer to open conflict, closer than at any time since the Second…

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Russian drones sent into Polish airspace were reportedly heading to a NATO base used to supply Ukraine, it has been revealed.

Airlines may review their risk assessments in Poland after the country was forced to shoot down drones in its airspace with the backing of military aircraft from NATO allies.

European leaders expressed alarm on Thursday over Russian hostility threatening their countries after the incursion into NATO-member Poland deepened fears over WWIII.