NATO intercepts Russian warplanes that violate Estonian airspace

The military coalition said that three Russian warplanes violated Estonian airspace had been intercepted by NATO.

Estonia’s Foreign Ministry condemned the incursion as “rude.” She said that three Russian Mig-31 fighter planes entered The airspace of NATO member “without permission and remained there for 12 minutes” on Friday on the Gulf of Finland.

NATO spokeswoman Alison Hart said that the military alliance “responded immediately and objected to the Russian plane,” describing it “another example of the reckless Russian behavior and NATO’s ability to respond.”

Estonian Prime Minister Christine Michel later said his government “decided to request consultations in Article 4 of NATO.”

Article 4 of the NATO treaty officially begins with urgent consultations within the 32 -member coalition, which links the United States and many European countries together to collective defense.

The Russian army did not publicly comment on the case.

Tensions between the NATO and Russia coalition have escalated since Moscow launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

They rose last week, after Poland and Romania – both NATO members – Russian aircraft that violated their air planes said.

Estonia’s Foreign Ministry said it summoned Shari Roviz “to protest” on Friday, while the Class Kaja Calas diplomat described the incident as “a very dangerous provocation.”

In a statement, Estonian Foreign Minister Margos declared us that the incursion was “unprecedented rude.”

He continued, “Russia’s testing must be fulfilled on a large scale and an increase in aggression with a rapid increase in political and economic pressure.”

The minister added that Russia has already violated the airspace in Estonia four times in 2025.

In a publication on X, Class, an Estonian citizen, said that the European Union “will continue to support our member states in strengthening their defenses with European resources.”

She said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “testing the determination of the West. It should not appear weak.”

“We will respond to every provocation with a design while investing in a stronger oriental wing.”

“With the escalation of threats, as well as our pressure,” she added.

The Estonian media reported that in the last accident, Russian aircraft were stopped.

Estonia’s Public Broadcasting Corporation said that Russian aircraft entered the Astony airspace in the Vendlo Island area in the Gulf of Finland.

Last week, The Poland Army said it had dropped at least three Russian drones, With Prime Minister Donald Tusk, he says 19 drones, the Polish airspace has been logged in.

Russia has insisted that the incident was not intentional, and the Ministry of Defense said that there were no plans to target facilities on Polish lands.

Belarus, a close Russian ally, said that drones had accidentally entered the Polish air area after their navigation systems were disturbed.

After several days, The Romanian Ministry of Defense said it had discovered a Russian drone When two of the F-16 aircraft monitored the country’s borders with Ukraine, after “Russian air attacks on the Ukrainian infrastructure on the Danube (the river).

The ministry said that the drone later disappeared in the radar.

Russia did not comment on this issue.

In response to Russia’s incursions into Poland and Romania, NATO pledged to transport forces and fighting aircraft east.

Both aircraft from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Denmark participate in air defense missions on Poland in an attempt to strengthen the oriental wing of the coalition.

On Monday, a French plane was stopped in response to another potential incursion by Russian aircraft aircraft. NATO said that the alert has ended quickly.