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In response to the threat, NATO scrambled fighter jets to monitor and protect the airspace. Polish armed forces, anticipating further aggression, activated radar systems and elevated ground-based air defenses to their highest alert level. Dutch F-35 stealth fighters, part of NATO’s ongoing air policing mission in Poland, took off to bolster aerial monitoring.
By morning, Warsaw reported no confirmed violations of its airspace, and the immediate threat appeared to have abated, with forces standing down from combat readiness. Nonetheless, the incident underscored an increasingly volatile situation, with increased frequency of NATO intercepts and alerts, many of which originate from Russian drones breaching or approaching NATO borders.