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:: French jets are deployed to patrol Poland’s skies as part of a NATO mission
:: September 18, 2025
NATO says Eastern Sentry was launched to bolster the defense of Europe’s eastern flank in response to Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace.
Polish and allied aircraft were also deployed early on Saturday (September 20) to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after some of Russia’s airstrikes targeted western Ukraine near the border with NATO member Poland, the Polish military command said.
Three Russian military jets also violated NATO member Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes on Friday in an “unprecedentedly brazen” incursion, its government said, the latest in a series of recent military actions by Russia that have rattled the alliance.