Government Centre for Security
The Government Centre for Security (RCB) is a Polish government institution reporting to the Council of Ministers, responsible for crisis management at the national level. It was established in 2008 and coordinates the response of relevant services to security threats, natural disasters, emergencies and military incidents. Its duties include round-the-clock monitoring of the security situation, alerting the public through the ALERT RCB system and preparing analytical material for the government.
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Poland searches for unknown object near Lublin after suspected airspace violation
Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command said an unknown object may have violated Polish airspace overnight into Sunday, October 18, prompting a search operation south of Lublin. No violation has been confirmed, and authorities have not ruled out a meteorological cause for the recorded radar signal. The episode coincided with a brief Government Centre for Security alert to Lublin-region residents about a Russian attack on Ukraine — later cancelled — and with air-raid alerts in Lithuania and Latvia that triggered NATO jet scrambles and the temporary closure of Kaunas airport.
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Poland issues overnight air-warning to two border regions during Russian attack on Ukraine, later stands down alert
On the night of October 10, Poland's Government Centre for Security (RCB) sent an air-warning notification to residents of the Lublin and Podkarpackie voivodeships, the areas bordering Ukraine, in response to a Russian air attack on Ukrainian territory. Polish military aviation was raised during the alert. RCB subsequently sent a follow-up notification confirming the attack had ended and that there was no threat to Polish territory.
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Russian strike drone falls near Polish border; Poland scrambles jets, shuts airports
On 17 September 2026, a Russian strike drone fell or was destroyed approximately 4 km from the Polish-Ukrainian border on Ukrainian territory in Volyn Oblast, near the Dorohusk–Yahodyn crossing. Poland scrambled fighter jets, put air-defence and radar systems on alert, and temporarily suspended operations at Lublin and Rzeszów airports. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the drone likely hit a petrol station, and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced increased F-16 and helicopter activity in response.
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Russian drones strike Kyiv-Warsaw train and infrastructure near Polish border, prompting Polish emergency meeting
On the morning of September 13, 2026, Russian drones struck infrastructure near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk international border crossing on the Ukraine-Poland border in Volyn Oblast, damaging a gas station, hitting a truck on the Polish side, and striking the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train about two kilometers from the Polish border. Poland scrambled fighter jets, issued air alerts in Lublin and Podkarpackie voivodeships, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk convened an emergency meeting at the Government Centre for Security, warning that Russian escalation could reach Polish territory in the coming weeks. No passengers or railway workers were injured in the locomotive strike after a Ukrzaliznytsia monitoring group warned the crew in advance and gave an evacuation signal roughly 15 minutes before impact.