Nato intercepts Russian warplanes violating Estonian airspace

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

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Estonia condemned Tallinn 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.” No details were given.

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, Foreign Minister Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Margos Zin, said on Friday that 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.”

Ensuring her words, European Commission President Ursula von der Lin said on X: “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.

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 the drones that entered the Polish air area were an accident, after their navigation systems were disturbed.

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

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

Russia has not attached to the reported penetration into the Roman airspace.