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Prediction market on metaculus. Since 2024–2025, NATO's eastern flank has seen repeated Russian and war-related drone and aircraft incursions, prompting NATO to launch "Eastern Sentry" (September 2025) and to reinforce Baltic Air Policing and enhanced air policing over Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/deterrence-and-defence/nato-air-policing). Kinetic engagements over NATO soil, while still less common than routine scrambles, became notably more frequent in 2026. On 15 September 2026, Italian Eurofighters flying NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a suspected Russian drone (reported to carry an explosive charge) over central Lithuania near Kaunas — the first drone ever downed over Lithuanian territory. In the surrounding days, Poland scrambled jets and suspended flights at Rzeszów and Lublin airports amid Russian drone activity, a Russian warship fired flares at a Danish helicopter, and a suspected Russian drone was recovered off Poland's Baltic coast. NATO's North Atlantic Council condemned repeated airspace violations in Poland and Romania, stating Russia bears responsibility. Earlier in 2026, NATO members recorded multiple incursions attributed to Russian or stray Ukrainian drones (blamed on Russian electronic warfare) across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland, and in September 2025 three Russian MiG-31s briefly entered Estonian airspace. Not every incursion is met with a downing: on 9 September 2026 a Russian attack drone reportedly flew about 30 minutes over Romania unimpeded. Polish leaders warned in mid-September 2026 that Russia was preparing further strikes near allied territory. The frequency of incursions is high, but a confirmed kinetic downing over NATO territory within any given short two-day window remains uncertain. `{"format": "llm_question", "info": {"sdk_version": "0.6.0", "rating": {"quality": 3, "ambiguity": 4, "resolvability": 4, "passes": true}}}`
Resolves: 10/3/2026.