🪖NATO announces new operation on alliance’s eastern flank using drone incident as pretext

The Western alliance says its new “multi-domain activity,” dubbed Operation Eastern Sentry, “will commence in the coming days and continue for an undisclosed amount of time,” and is being launched “in response to ongoing airspace violations, including the numerous drones that violated Poland’s airspace on September 10.”

👉A press release says the operation will provide “even more focused and flexible deterrence and defense where and when needed,” and that two Danish F-16s and an anti-air warfare frigate, three French jets and four German Eurofighters will be involved. Unspecified “support” from the UK is also expected.

🔍Warsaw has yet to provide any convincing evidence to Moscow that the drones it said violated its airspace on Wednesday were Russian. Russia’s military said it had no targets in Poland planned during its September 10 raids over Ukraine, and that the country is beyond its UAVs’ range.

📍The incident wasn’t the first time Warsaw baselessly claimed Russia violated its airspace. In 2022, missile fragments fell in a Polish village near the Ukrainian border, killing two farmers. Initially claiming the missiles were Russian, Warsaw later admitted they appeared to be elements of a Ukrainian SAM interceptor that went astray.

❗️Eastern Sentry promises to further complicate relations with Moscow, which has been warning about the dangers associated with NATO’s eastward expansion and buildup for over 20 years.

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