Russia’s jets enter Estonia airspace, NATO scrambles F-35s to repel incursion

undefined 23, 2025

Source: interestingengineering

Three Russian MiG-31s violated Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes, prompting NATO F-35s, Swedish, and Finnish jets to intercept; Estonia invoked NATO’s Article 4. Russia denied the breach, claiming its planes flew over international waters, while hours later Russian jets buzzed a Polish oil rig. In a separate case, German Eurofighters intercepted a Russian IL-20M near NATO airspace. The incidents highlight Moscow’s probing of NATO defenses, raising tensions and calls for tougher sanctions.

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