PDB Afternoon Bulletin | November 20th, 2025: Russian Drones Penetrate NATO Airspace & Europe Rejects U.S. Proposal

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: NATO fighter jets scramble after a Russian drone penetrates deep into alliance airspace. We’ll break down what happened, why the incident triggered an immediate response, and what it signals about the growing risks along NATO’s eastern flank. Later in the show—Washington has submitted a new proposal aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, but key European leaders are already calling it a non-starter. We’ll look at what’s in the plan and why it’s facing resistance before it even gets off the ground. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief TriTails Premium Beef: Feed your legacy. Visit https://trybeef.com/pdb Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Mando: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get 20% off + free shipping with promo code PDB at https://shopmando.com! #mandopod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.9	Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.
0:43.3	I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:45.5	All right. Let's get briefed.
0:52.2	First up, NATO jets scramble after a Russian drone penetrates deep into Romanian airspace.
0:55.7	It's almost like Putin is single-handedly trying to reignite the Cold War. We'll have the details. Later in the show, news from the diplomatic side
1:02.0	of the Ukraine War, where Washington has submitted a peace plan that European leaders are calling
1:07.8	a non-starter. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. NATO air defenses
1:12.4	are on high alert after a Russian drone crossed directly into Alliance territory, flying
1:17.9	roughly five miles inside Romania before radar contact was lost. The incident happened during
1:24.0	a major overnight barrage on Ukraine, and it forced both German and Romanian
1:28.6	fighter jets into the air. The drone incursion happened along Romania's eastern border with Moldova.
1:34.7	It's an area that NATO monitors closely because of its proximity to Russia's ongoing strikes
1:40.1	against Ukrainian infrastructure. Officials say they tracked the unmanned aircraft for about
1:45.1	12 minutes as it moved across the frontier and continued deeper into Romanian airspace.
1:51.1	Romanian defense authorities say the drone was of Russian origin, not a malfunctioning Ukrainian
1:56.0	aircraft or a stray civilian drone. This was a military-grade platform entering NATO territory during a Russian
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