NATO airspace

Estonia shoots down drone over its territory for the first time

Estonian air defenses shot down a drone over southern Estonia around noon on May 19, in what Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said was the first time the country had independently destroyed a drone in its own airspace, local outlet Delfi reported.

19 May, 06:33 PM

Germany developing plans to protect airspace in case of attack

Germany is working to prepare its airspace for the event of having to defend against aggression, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung airspace authority CEO and chairman Arndt Schoenemann said in a comment to Euronews on Dec. 10.

10 December 2025, 04:43 PM

Drone sighting halts flights at Berlin’s BER airport — media

Flights at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) were temporarily suspended on Oct. 29 after a drone was spotted in the airspace, according to Die Welt.

1 November 2025, 09:34 AM

Unknown drones spotted over key Belgian military base; officials suspect reconnaissance mission

Belgium has launched an investigation into what may have been a coordinated reconnaissance operation after unidentified drones were spotted twice over a military base in southern Wallonia, Defense Minister Theo Francken said on Oct. 25, according to the Belga news agency.

29 October 2025, 03:12 PM

Spain halts flights at Palma de Mallorca airport after unidentified drone sighting

Flights at Spain’s Palma de Mallorca Airport were temporarily suspended for about 35 minutes on Oct. 19 after an unidentified drone was spotted near the facility, according to Diario de Mallorca.

20 October 2025, 06:23 PM

Rutte says NATO won’t shoot down Russian jets unless they pose a threat, calls restraint a show of strength

The Alliance will not shoot down Russian aircraft that enter its airspace unless they pose a threat, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said, describing such restraint as a sign of NATO’s strength, during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

14 October 2025, 07:25 PM

EU to invest €2 billion in drone production in Ukraine — von der Leyen

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a deal with Ukraine to allocate €2 billion for drone production, Ukrinform reported on Sept. 30.

30 September 2025, 06:02 PM

Tusk warns Europe is already at war, urges united front against Russian threat

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Europe is already in a state of war and urged the West to grasp the scale of the threat and unite in response, The Guardian reported on Sept. 29.

29 September 2025, 06:03 PM

Zelenskyy: Russia using tankers to launch drones at Europe

Russia is using oil tankers to launch and control drones targeting European countries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address on Sept. 28.

29 September 2025, 10:58 AM

Rutte: NATO learning from Ukraine as alliance seeks cheaper ways to stop Russian drones

Western militaries cannot continue relying on expensive missiles to counter drone incursions into alliance airspace, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says, emphasizing that the alliance is learning from Ukraine’s experience in defending against Russian unmanned aerial vehicles, according to an interview with Bloomberg.

26 September 2025, 10:35 AM

Kremlin denies MiG-31 incursion into Estonian airspace

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has predictably denied claims that three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated Estonian airspace on Sept. 19.

22 September 2025, 04:55 PM

Von der Leyen: World not on the brink of World War III

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she does not believe the world is heading toward a third world war, according to European Pravda.

21 September 2025, 10:03 PM

Estonia calls emergency UN Security Council meeting over Russian airspace violation

Estonia has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council for the first time in 34 years of membership following a breach of its airspace by Russian fighter jets, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 21, according to public broadcaster ERR.

21 September 2025, 08:45 PM

Estonia says it was ready to use force over Russian MiG incursion

Estonia was prepared to use force in response to a Russian airspace violation on Sept. 19, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said, calling the incident a clear example of NATO’s air defense readiness and resolve, Estonia’s ERR media outlet reported on Sept. 20.

21 September 2025, 11:52 AM

Trump comments on Russian drones that crossed into Poland from Belarus

U.S. President Donald Trump commented on the recent incident in which Russian drones crossed into Polish airspace overnight on Sept. 10, some of them launched from Belarus, Fox News reported on Sept. 18.

19 September 2025, 10:40 AM

France deployed nuclear-capable jets to Poland, report says

The three Rafale aircraft France deployed to Poland in response to the recent Russian drone attack appear to be nuclear-capable variants rather than conventional air superiority fighters, Ukrainian outlet Defense Express reported on Sept. 15.

16 September 2025, 12:42 AM

NATO tested again as Russian drone violates Romanian airspace

A Russian drone spotted over Romania marked the second time in just four days that Moscow has violated NATO airspace, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Sept. 14.

15 September 2025, 10:05 AM

Belarus says it ‘warned’ Poland of drone activity during Russian strike, blames jamming for stray aircraft

Belarus’s Defense Ministry claimed it had alerted Poland overnight about the movement of “unidentified aerial vehicles,” allowing Polish forces to “respond quickly.” The statement came from Pavel Muraveiko, Chief of the General Staff of Belarus’s Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister.

10 September 2025, 05:22 PM

Russian Shahed drone likely exploded in Poland

A Russian Shahed kamikaze drone that veered off course during an attack on Ukraine may have fallen and detonated in Poland in the early hours of Aug. 20, Ukrainian outlet Defense Express reported.

21 August 2025, 02:07 AM

Lithuania hunts mystery drone from Belarus in NATO airspace

An unidentified drone of an unspecified type was spotted at Lithuanian airspace on the morning, the LRT news outlet reported on July 28, posting a video of the drone flying at an altitude of about 200 meters near Vilnius.

28 July 2025, 12:04 PM

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