| Date | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Incursion |
| Location |
Priozerna, Moldova
47.41, 28.37 (approximate) |
A drone entered Moldovan airspace during an attack on Odesa Oblast, detected flying from Stepanivka and crossing near Priozerna before returning to Ukraine one minute later at 23:42. The authorities identified it as a Geran-3, the Russian-built version of the jet-powered Shahed-238.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2026 | Incursion | Two drones overfly German military base at Mechernich |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Strike | Drone crosses from Romania and explodes in Bulgarian field |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Strike | Russian drone explodes near Crocmaz, breaking windows |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Incursion | Untrackable drone delays flights at Hanover airport |
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.