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2025 Russian drone incursion into Poland

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/september-2025-russian-drone-incursion-into-poland

Step 2 · Questions

1. What is the location of incursion?
2. What is the date and time?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Quick Reaction Alert (QRA)
Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location of incursion?Polish airspace, Eastern Europe
2. What is the date and time?September 9, 2025, approximately 23:30 CEST

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV): A powered aerial vehicle without a human pilot onboard, capable of autonomous flight or remote control.
Quick Reaction Alert (QRA): A military readiness procedure involving the immediate launch of fighter aircraft to intercept unidentified or hostile aerial objects.
Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty: A provision allowing any NATO member to request consultations with other members if they believe their territorial integrity, political independence, or security is threatened.