Overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine again prompted scrambling of Polish fighters and an RCB alert, with the military later explaining a sonic boom heard in central Poland.
By midday attention shifted to a Russian helicopter violating Polish airspace, reported as urgent by TVN24. Deputy defence minister Tomczyk responded that the army kept its hand on the trigger and pointed to simplified procedures for downing hostile objects, extending the airspace incidents of 21-22 September.
In parallel both outlets converged on president Nawrocki's talk with Donald Trump about a permanent US base in Poland, followed by Sikorski telling Lavrov to tell his boss enough was enough and Nawrocki accusing Russia of imperial pride.
Domestically TVN24 tracked charges against Constitutional Tribunal staff, an investigation into Macierewicz's conduct and fraud charges in the Villa Plus programme.