| Date | 8 May 2026 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Incursion |
| Location |
Oseka, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
53.87, 20.70 (approximate) |
A Russian reconnaissance drone came down near the village of Oseka in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, shortly after crossing undetected from the Kaliningrad exclave. Military gendarmerie, firefighters and bomb disposal teams examined the machine and judged it harmless. It was fitted with cameras and carried Russian markings.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2026 | Incursion | Unmarked drone falls 20 km inside Romania in Suceava County |
| 3 May 2026 | Incursion | Two drones enter Finnish airspace, airspace closed for three hours |
| 7 May 2026 | Strike | Ukrainian drone strikes oil storage facility at Rēzekne |
| 17 May 2026 | Incursion | Two drones that crashed in Lithuania identified as Ukrainian |
GlobalMilitary.net's 2026 inventory snapshot shows nine NATO members — Iceland, Luxembourg, the three Baltic states, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia and Slovenia — hold no fixed-wing fighters, attack aircraft or bombers and depend on Allied air policing.
GlobalMilitary.net's incident log counts 45 established violations of European airspace between January 1 and August 16, 2026, against 31 for the whole of 2025 - and almost all of the growth sits in incidents that ended with a shootdown or an explosion on the ground.
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