| Date | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Interception |
| Location |
Bērzgale, Latvia
56.63, 27.51 (approximate) |
A drone was shot down over the village of Bērzgale in eastern Latvia by a Dassault Rafale of the French Air and Space Force flying the Baltic Air Policing mission. The Latvian army did not state the machine's origin but confirmed it had entered Latvian airspace from Russia as a result of Russian electronic warfare. It was identified as a Ukrainian Maya decoy drone.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2026 | Incursion | Russian aircraft violates Finnish airspace off Porkkala |
| 28 May 2026 | Incursion | Drone without explosives found in Maramureș County |
| 29 May 2026 | Strike | Russian Geran-2 hits apartment building in Galați, injuring two |
| 8 Jun 2026 | Strike | Drone with Ukrainian markings explodes near the Dniester |
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.
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.