Warsaw said on Thursday it would not reopen more border crossings with close Russian ally Belarus until at least mid-November in a move intended to show solidarity with fellow NATO member Lithuania amid heightened security concerns.

Polish and allied air forces were activated as Russia struck targets in Ukraine, prompting temporary closures of Radom and Lublin airports.

Poland scrambled fighter jets and an early warning aircraft, and put its ground air defenses and radar systems on "the highest state" of alert.

Authorities have detained a Ukrainian citizen in Poland and two others in Romania for allegedly working with Russian intelligence on a sabotage campaign.

Faced with an increasingly aggressive Russia and mixed messages from the US, Warsaw is ramping up its defensive capabilities

EADaily, October 29th, 2025. The Polish Air Force intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea. This was reported by the Operational Command of the armed forces.

The road known as Via Baltica will pass through a narrow strip of land between Belarus and Russia ’s Kaliningrad exclave, called the Suwalki Gap.

Russia is using cryptocurrencies to pay saboteurs carrying out hybrid attacks across the European Union, according to a Polish security official.

A Polish court handed down prison sentences to three Ukrainians on Friday for their roles in a string of huge fires in Poland and the Baltic states, as Warsaw aims to crack down on what it says is a wave of sabotage orchestrated by Russia.

The pair allegedly gathered intelligence on Polish military personnel and infrastructure, including transport hubs used to supply Ukraine with foreign military aid.