US EditionNATO launches ‘Eastern Sentry’ operation in response to Russian drone incursions
- NATO launched the Eastern Sentry operation on September 12, 2025, to protect its eastern flank following Russian drones entering Polish airspace.
- The operation responded to a dangerous Russian drone incursion into Poland on September 10, 2025, which Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an attack, not a mistake.
- Eastern Sentry will integrate air and ground defenses with contributions from Denmark, France, the UK, and Germany, and enhance NATO's rapid and flexible response capabilities.
- General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, highlighted the alliance's unity with the statement, "What affects one ally affects us all," and reaffirmed NATO's dedication to protecting all areas within its borders.
- The launch of Eastern Sentry signals NATO's increased deterrence posture amid ongoing Russian aggression and stalled peace talks, while EU and UK also extended sanctions on Russia.
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For the alliance, Wednesday's defense action was "extremely successful." But why was only one fifth of the Russian drones shot down?
NATO's secretary general, Mark Rutte, announced on Friday the strengthening of the defences of the transatlantic alliance on its eastern flank.
On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, more than a dozen drones entered Polish airspace. An unprecedented intrusion which greatly worries NATO countries. To deter any further belligerent initiative on the part of Moscow, they decided to strengthen their defence apparatus in the east of Europe. - Operation "Eastern Sentinel": how NATO wants to strengthen its east flank (International).
NATO to beef up defence of Europe's eastern flank after Poland shot down Russian drones
NATO announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe's eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western alliance during Russia's war in Ukraine.
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