The explosion of an unmanned aerial vehicle in a small village in the Lublin region on Tuesday night is yet another in a series of incidents that have become part of the war on Ukraine since Russia's all-out invasion in 2022. The problem affects not only Poland, but the entire eastern flank of NATO and several other countries in Eastern Europe.
In February 2024 and February 2025, a total of three Russian Shahed drones exploded on Moldovan territory; in September 2024, Russian drones violated the airspace of Latvia and Romania. As then Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis commented on Platform X: "Incidents unthinkable three years ago are now treated as routine. Nothing should land in Ukraine, Latvia or anywhere on NATO territory, but this is a new reality made possible by our inaction. Lithuania will of course support a strong allied response."
