Romania scrambled fighter jets on Saturday when a drone breached the country's airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure near the border, the defence ministry said. A threat of drone strikes also prompted Poland to deploy Polish and allied aircraft and close an airport in the eastern city of Lublin,

The United States has stated at a UN Security Council meeting that Moscow had violated international law and the UN Charter when Russian drones entered Polish airspace. Source: Reuters Details: Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea stressed that Washington will "defend every inch of NATO territory" and it stands by its allies in the face of "these alarming airspace violations".

This situation brings us the closest we have been to open conflict since World War II," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

Russia's oil-producing machine was the principal target of an overnight Ukrainian assault with hundreds of drones. Moscow claimed it shot most of them down.

An oil company in Russia's Bashkortostan region will maintain production levels despite a drone attack on Saturday, regional governor Radiy Khabirov said.

Romania scrambled fighter jets on Saturday when a drone breached the country’s airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure near the border, the defence ministry said. Defence minister Ionut Mosteanu said the F-16 pilots came close to taking down the drone as it was flying very low before it left national airspace toward Ukraine.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have escalated their drone war against Israel with a massive strike on Ramon Airport, raising urgent questions about Israeli air defense systems. Dramatic visuals captured explosions and interceptions in the skies as multiple drones were launched from Yemen,

Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace during a widespread Russian attack in western Ukraine on Wednesday, with the NATO member calling the incursion "an act of aggression" Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that he was in "constant contact" with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

It was the first time the NATO member directly engaged with Russian military assets in its airspace since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.