"Eastern Sentry is not just a new initiative – it is a clear signal: NATO’s borders are inviolable, and the security of our citizens remains a priority," Poland's General Staff wrote on X.

Donald Trump returned to the White House vowing always to put America first.Russia, which has rebuffed Trump's pleas for a ceasefire in Ukraine, apparently fired 17 drones that landed Wednesday in Poland -- whose security is guaranteed by the US-backed NATO alliance and whose president visited the White House the previous week.

A new Russian drone unit will operate at a safe distance. Drones will be launched by foot soldiers, but the operators never need to set foot on a battlefield

Long-range drones struck the Russian port of Primorsk, setting a ship and a pumping station on fire. Oil prices initially jumped on the news.

NATO fighter jets shot down multiple Russian drones that violated Polish airspace during an attack on neighboring Ukraine early on Wednesday, as the military alliance denounced Moscow for “absolutely dangerous” behavior that ratcheted up tensions to a new level.

President Trump offered his first reaction to Russia's drone incursion on Poland, which the country's military and European leaders condemned as "unprecedented."

More than a dozen long-range kamikaze drones, seen near an airport controlled by Sudan 's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during a major air assault in May, indicate the paramilitaries have acquired new weapons that could significantly alter the course of the war.

For more than three years, Ukraine has waged an almost nightly battle against Russian attack drones. NATO on Wednesday got a taste of that fight. Polish authorities said they detected 19 violations of their airspace,