A Russian military helicopter from the Baltic Fleet entered Polish airspace over territorial waters in the evening, tracked by military radar and by the Polish Air Navigation Agency until it left. Polish officials characterised the flight as a deliberate test of air defence readiness rather than a navigation error.
An Italian Eurofighter on NATO Baltic Air Policing duty destroyed an unidentified drone over eastern Latvia before dawn on 14 August, the second time the alliance's quick-reaction force has shot one down over the country this year.