NATO Allies have condemned recent airspace violations involving Poland and Romania, blaming Russia for the incidents and pledging further measures to strengthen air and missile defences across the eastern flank.
NATO Allies have condemned recent airspace violations involving Poland and Romania and a series of drone incidents, saying Russia bears responsibility for what the Alliance described as dangerous and unacceptable activity, the UK Defence Journal understands.
The North Atlantic Council met on 12 August to discuss the incidents and the security implications for Allied territory. According to a NATO news update, representatives of the Alliance’s member states expressed their full solidarity with Poland and Romania and reiterated their support for Allies affected by the recent activity. NATO said the violations demonstrated what it described as Russia’s increasing tolerance for risk and made clear that responsibility for the incidents rested with Moscow.
In its statement, the Alliance said: “Allies reiterated that Russia bears full responsibility for the airspace violations, which are dangerous and unacceptable, and demonstrate Russia’s increasing tolerance for risk.” The wording places the incidents within NATO’s broader assessment of Russian military activity around Allied territory, while stopping short of setting out additional details about the individual violations considered by the Council.
The statement added: “NATO Allies made clear that they stand united and resolute in the defence of Allied territory.” It added that the Alliance “continues to strengthen its integrated air and missile defences across the Alliance” and said Allies had underlined measures already taken to bolster defensive arrangements along the eastern flank.
The Council’s discussion also linked the recent incidents with the Alliance’s continuing support for Ukraine. NATO said Allies reaffirmed their backing for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and maintained that the incidents would not weaken their commitment to Kyiv. The statement described Ukraine’s security as contributing to the security of the Alliance as a whole.
NATO said: “Allies underscored that they will not be deterred by these and other irresponsible acts by Russia from their enduring commitment to Ukraine, whose security contributes to ours.”
I fear we ain’t seen nothing yet. Today, it’s wildfires next could there be widespread public concern about our defences?
A public opinion report May 2026 put threats to this country from hostile states at 13% and the threat from climate change at 15%.
So we can expect ever higher energy prices, cost of living increases, accompanied by the continuing atrophy of our defence forces.
In a representative democracy we vote for politicians to spend their time informing themselves in some detail on matters of state so that they can take sensible decisions on our behalf while we get on with things within the national economy at large.
What appears to be happening, on the other hand, is that our representatives are spending the bulk of their time looking over their shoulders at us for a lead without bothering to inform themselves much about anything other than their poll ratings.
With war raging on Continental Europe, hundreds of thousands dead, millions displaced, to have the threat level from hostile states below that of climate change seems at best myopic, at worst hopelessly deluded, hazardous in the very near future..
This country clearly has no idea just how much danger it is in.
‘Russian President Vladimir Putin told senior officials that Moscow’s goal for 2026 was the “collapse of NATO and the EU from within,” Putin outlined the goal during a secret briefing with senior Russian officials late last year. Russia had spent hundreds of millions of euros looking to elect politicians dependent on the Kremlin and individuals linked to the criminal underworld. The operation…included training camps in Serbia, Bosnia and Russia, where Moldovans were recruited and, in some cases, trained to provoke unrest. Western intelligence officials linked some of the training to Russia’s GRU military intelligence service. Moscow views Moldova as a potential foothold for operations against both Ukraine and Europe, while Putin still hopes to seize territory across southern Ukraine that would create a land bridge to the country.’ NYT 14 Aug 2026
Russia’s close ally Iran and Iran proxies have already targeted British service personnel and bases overseas, will shortly have ballistic missiles capable of hitting major conurbations in this country. Russia has already conducted assassinations in Britain with enough CBRN material to kill thousands.
And yet British politicians, the British public view ‘climate change’ as a bigger immediate threat than threats from hostile states.
Dangerous times…but not from portable BBQs