NATO Scrambles Jets After Russian MiG-31s Cross Into Estonia | Global Alert! | World News
Estonia reports a major airspace breach as 3 Russian MiG-31 jets enter its airspace over the Gulf of Finland for 12 minutes. With no flight plans, transponders off, and no radio contact, NATO F-35s scrambled to intercept. Estonia has invoked Article 4 of NATO, signaling a security threat. Russia denies violation, claiming international airspace compliance. Global leaders, including the EU and US, have reacted strongly.
Watch for complete details on NATO’s response, Estonia’s protest, and implications for the Eastern flank amid ongoing tensions with Russia.
00:28has published a map showing three Russian MiG-31 jets crossing into its airspace from east to west over the Gulf of Finland.
00:36The fighters penetrated up to 10 km inside Estonia, staying for 12 minutes before NATO jets intervened.
00:45The jets had no flight plans, transponders switched off, and no radio contact with air traffic control.
00:52Italian F-35s from NATO's Baltic air policing mission were scrambled to escort them out.
00:58Tallinn summoned the Russian charged affair and handed over a protest note.
01:03This is about the eastern flank, because here is a direct threat to the eastern flank from, for example, drones or whatever could threaten our allies on the eastern flank.
01:16But generally speaking, you know I don't like that whole eastern flank thinking, because it gives the impression that if I live in Madrid or in London I am safer than when I live in Tallinn.
01:25And that is not true, because these latest Russian missiles, when they will be launched, they come down with five times the speed of sound,
01:33and they will take five or ten minutes longer to reach Madrid or London than they take to reach Tallinn or Vilnius.
01:39So in that sense, let's agree that within this alliance of 32 countries, we all live on the eastern flank.
01:48Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevker announced consultations under Article 4 of the NATO Treaty,
01:54a mechanism invoked when any member feels its security is threatened.
01:58NATO's North Atlantic Council is now preparing to meet early next week.
02:02Moscow insists no violation occurred.
02:06The Russian Defence Ministry says the MiG-31s were flying from Karelia to Kaliningrad in accordance with international aviation rules,
02:14staying over neutral Baltic waters, three kilometres from Veindlou Island.
02:19Russia says objective control footage proves it.
02:23European leaders reacted sharply.
02:28EU Foreign Policy Chief Kajakalas called it a dangerous provocation, warning,
02:33weakness invites Russia to do more.
02:35US President Donald Trump told reporters,
02:38I don't love it, could be big trouble.
02:43In Warsaw, Polish PM Donald Tusk confirmed ten NATO allies have joined the new Eastern Guardian Coalition
02:49to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank.
02:52Meanwhile, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky urged Poland and Romania to shoot down hostile objects over Western Ukraine,
02:59a suggestion that sparked criticism in Poland as unnecessary.
03:06It is Russian President Vladimir Putin alone who is interested in these killings.
03:11Every day, this war remains solely his war, the war of Russia alone.
03:16And we expect the world to draw conclusions from this,
03:20especially after the drone incursion into Poland,
03:23a country that is extremely important for the security of all of Europe,
03:27a country that so highly respects America and President Trump.
03:33The same day, two Russian jets carried out a low flyover of Poland's Petro-Baltic oil drilling platform,
03:39violating its security zone in the Baltic Sea.
03:42Though no airspace was breached, Poland warned of rising risks.
03:47Analysts say the incidents form a pattern of Russian probing meant to stretch NATO's defenses and distract from Ukraine.
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