Drones near the flight path of President Zelensky's plane during visit to Ireland
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records four military-style drones near the flight path of the jet carrying Ukraine's President Zelensky to Ireland on 4 December 2025; the Irish Examiner reported Irish security sources said Russia was behind it. It codes the incident as disruption, apparent goal intimidate politician / journalist, target politician(s) / Official(s), location Ireland; the dataset dates it to December 2025 and its text gives the day. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 4 December 2025
- Where
- Ireland, Ireland
- What
- airspace violation
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence Irish Examiner
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Drones near the flight path of President Zelensky's plane during visit to Ireland", ev-20261027-ytgb, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-ytgb/