| Date | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Tracker | European Airspace Violations |
| Type | Incursion |
| Location |
Ludza Municipality, Latvia
56.54, 27.84 (approximate) |
Latvia's National Armed Forces said two drones briefly entered Latvian airspace across the eastern border in Ludza Municipality at about 23:30 on 10 November 2026, each for one to two minutes, prompting an air-threat warning there. The armed forces said they activated interceptor drones, air-defence units and NATO Baltic Air Policing fighters. The incursion was separate from a drone that crossed Latvia from Lithuania towards Estonia later that night. The armed forces did not identify the drones' type or origin; their commander said the alerts were most likely linked to Ukrainian drone attacks on Leningrad region ports.
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Nov 2026 | Incursion | Two balloon-type aerostats briefly cross northern Moldova in Drochia and Soroca districts |
| 11 Nov 2026 | Incursion | Drone from Belarus crosses Lithuania into Latvia and Estonia as NATO fighters fail to down it |
| 11 Nov 2026 | Incursion | Two Russian Banderol cruise missiles cross south-eastern Moldova and Transnistria during strikes on Ukraine |
| 12 Nov 2026 | Strike | Russian Geran-2 jet drone explodes against a concrete pillar near Antonești |
Moldova's defense ministry counted 19 airspace violations in October, and GlobalMilitary.net's incident log, which records only established incursions, holds 31 Moldovan entries for 2026 against Romania's 32, most of them since August.
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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