Nato intercepts Russian warplanes violating Estonian airspace
The military alliance said that three Russian fighter planes violating Estonia airspace were seized by NATO.
Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tallinn condemned the attack as “brazen”. Three Russian Mig-31 fighter planes entered A NATO member’s airspace was “unauthorized and stayed there in a total of 12 minutes in the Gulf of Finland on Friday”.
NATO spokesman Allison Hart, the military alliance “immediately reacts and stopped the Russian plane,” he said, and “reckless Russian behavior and NATO’s ability to respond” he called. He didn’t give any more details.
The Russian army did not comment on this issue.
Since Moscow launched a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, NATO military alliance and tensions between Russia has increased.
Last week, Poland and Romania – both NATO members – – said they had violated the airspace.
Estonia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called the Russian Chargé d’Affares to “protest” to “protest” on Friday, the upper EU diplomat Kaja Kallas event “an extremely dangerous provocation”, he said.
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahknna said that Friday’s attack on Friday was “unprecedented in an unprecedented way”.
“Russia’s borders should be met with a rapid increase in political and economic pressure.”
The Minister added that Russia had violated Estonia four times in 2025.
In a mission in X, Estonian citizen Kallas said the EU will “support our member states’ defense of European resources with European resources”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin “Tested the West’s decision. We should not show weakness,” he said.
In the Xsula von Der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, which reiterates his words, said: “We will respond to every provocation with determination when investing in a stronger eastern wing.
“As the threats increase, we will have pressure,” he added.
Estonian media, in the last event, Russian jets reported that the transponders were closed.
Estonia’s public publisher ERR said Russian jets entered the Estonia airspace in the Vaindloo Island in the Gulf of Finland.
Last week, The Polish army said that he had dropped at least three Russian planes, Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that 19 drones were recorded by entering the Poland airspace.
Russia insisted that the incident was not deliberate, and the Ministry of Defense said there was no “any plan” to target the facilities in the Poland soil.
Belarus, a nearby Russian ally, said that the drones entering the Poland airspace after navigation systems were stuck, he said.
A few days later, The Romanian Defense Ministry said that it detected a Russian plane Two F-16 jet, watching the country’s Ukrainian border, “After Russian air strikes on the Ukrainian infrastructure in the Danube [river]”.
The ministry said the drone later disappeared from the radar.
Russia did not comment on this issue.
In response to Russia’s attacks on Poland and Romania, NATO promised to move troops and warrior jets to the east.
Warrior jets from the UK, France, Germany and Denmark in order to support the Eastern wing of the Alliance are participating in flying air defense tasks over Poland.
On Monday, a French jet was confused in response to another potential attack of Russian drones. NATO said Alert was finished quickly.
