Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Following the escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, states in the vicinity of the conflict reported numerous violations of their airspace, particularly NATO member states that Russia had designated as "unfriendly states" because of their political, military and economic support for Ukraine. While most violations were attributed to Russian (or Belarusian) military equipment such as UAVs and aircraft, Ukrainian equipment was also responsible on several occasions, most notably in the 2022 Przewodów explosion, in which two Polish civilians were killed by a stray Ukrainian rocket that hit a farm in Przewodów, eight kilometres into Poland and NATO territory. The incidents involved a wide range of military equipment, including cruise or ballistic missiles, drones, helicopters and military airplanes. While many violations were assessed as accidental, resulting from electronic warfare or navigation errors, several defense analysts...
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