| Date | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Incursion |
| Location |
Hanover Airport, Germany
52.46, 9.68 |
An unidentified drone that could neither be tracked nor jammed appeared at Hanover airport, delaying flights. Authorities suspected a connection to the Russian-attributed drones spotted in Germany the week before, at Leipzig and Mechernich. No attribution was established for this incident.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug 2026 | Strike | Drone crosses from Romania and explodes in Bulgarian field |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Strike | Russian drone explodes near Crocmaz, breaking windows |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Incursion | Russian Geran-3 crosses Moldovan airspace for one minute |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Incursion | Russian drone follows the Chilia branch for ten minutes over Romania |
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.