| Date | 21 May 2026 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Incursion |
Drone alerts were issued in parts of Lithuania and Latvia and NATO aircraft were launched in response. No machine was recovered and no attribution was established. The alert came a day after Lithuania's first red air warning, during the most concentrated month of Baltic incursions in the record.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | Interception | Romanian F-16 shoots down Ukrainian drone over Estonia |
| 20 May 2026 | Incursion | Lithuania issues first-ever red air warning as drone crosses border |
| 23 May 2026 | Strike | Drone explodes on impact in Latvian lake |
| 23 May 2026 | Interception | Lithuanian border guards bring down homemade drone from Belarus |
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.