2025 Russian drone incursion into Poland (23h 30min, sep 9, 2025 y – 6h 45min, sep 10, 2025 y)

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On September 9th, 2025, at approximately 11:30 p.m. CEST, 19 to 23 drones entered Poland's airspace after allegedly being launched from Russia. The incursion triggered a Quick Reaction Alert by the Polish Air Force and other NATO militaries who scrambled aircraft, and up to four drones were confirmed to have been shot down, most of them by the Dutch Air Force. Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk said that the drones "posed a direct threat" and had been shot down. The airspace over Warsaw International Airport, Warsaw Modlin Airport, Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, and Lublin Airport was closed while the Russian drone fleet was in Polish airspace.

Shortly thereafter, the Polish government invoked Article 4, with Polish deputy prime minister Radosław Sikorski stating "We are dealing with an unprecedented case of an attack not only on the territory of Poland but also on the territory of NATO and the EU". In the aftermath of the incident, Russia and Belarus conducted joint military exercises, the largest since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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