The incident involving three MiG-31s comes soon after Russian drones entered fellow Nato member Poland’s airspace and were shot down
Three Russian military aircraft violated Nato member Estonia’s airspace on Friday for 12 minutes in an “unprecedentedly brazen” incursion, its government said, amid rising tensions on the alliance’s eastern flank.
The incident comes just over a week after more than 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace on the night of September 9-10, prompting Nato aircraft to shoot down some of them and Western officials to say Russia was testing the alliance’s readiness and resolve.
It also comes three days after Russian and Belarusian military forces ended joint military exercises, called Zapad 2025.
Tallinn said on Friday that the three MiG-31 fighter planes entered Estonian airspace without permission and stayed there for a total of 12 minutes.
